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MONOCULTURE *

MONOLITHIC SKYSCRAPERS,
______CONCRETINS_________
OF HOMOGENIZED BOULDERS;
THE LANDSCAPE OF WRECK-TANGLES,
A MONOTONY OF SQUARISM,
THE MONOTONE OF AUTO DRONE
IN DA(I)LY CITY, USA
WHERE NEAT ROWS
OF TICKY-TACKY BOX-HOUSES
BLEND INTO
         THE NAMELESS MARKERS
         OF THE MILITARY CEMETERY.


TV, AN UNSUCCESSFUL OMNIVORE,
SUCKS COLORLESS ENERGY
FOR THE NONSTOP STARE OF ITS
             SEDATIVE RAYGUN,
FOR THE MONOCHROME BUZZ
  OF ITS MONOPOLISTIC LANGUAGE.

ONE ANSWER MEN
SHATTER
       THE ECHOING ORBITS
FOR A SINGLE POWER SOURCE,
TO HOLD A SUN IN THEIR HANDS;
BE WHITE LIGHT BLINDED
IN A UNIVERSE
             THAT CIRCLES AROUND
THEM.


HOLDING INSURANCE POLICIES ON
PLASTIC ASSEMBLY LINE FUTURES
WE'RE DRIVEN ON
THROUGH A GREAT DIVERSITY OF
MAN-YOU-FRACTURED POSSIBILITIES
INTO VAST FIELDS
                  OF SAMENESS
BATHED
           IN POISONS,
PRODUCING
               STRONGER INSECTS,
               WEAKER PEOPLE,
               ADDICTED PLANTS.


OUR CULTURE 	     	HAS MONO.
*This term originated in the field of agri-
business and refers to single-crop farming.

* Monoculture is from Co-Hearing by Kirk Lumpkin, Zygma Multimedia Research, Oakland CA 1983.
Many thanks to Kirk for this contribution.
This poem was written in 1983, and is, unfortunately, still applicable today.
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