Where i Live

 

Hyper-civilized influences, such as computing, artificial lights, drugs, films, instant food supply, telephones and reading decalibrate by disconnecting behavior and reward    Julian Assange as quoted from his blog  

The sky is low,

the rain is loud

up on a hill

I’m in a cloud.

                  “A disconnect between behavior and reward.”

This afternoon i dug drainage ditches by the road approaching my writing retreat…

their is one steep incline and already the side closest to the ditch is beginning to soften,

i wore rain gear so i was fine…     

Reading

here i am in the shadow of a super power

on an island in the pacific northwest

far away from the maddening crowd

and reality of the street

 

though i wandered

for over a decade

           my predicament

                               was different than most

 

working poor

and from that vantage point

the machinations

of capitalism

are difficult to unwind

                                        n o time

                                            n o peace

                                                                   Canada

we are complicit in US foreign policy,

perhaps more than the Republicians

who believe war, is a divine right.

 

and here I sit 

       easing out the day

       alone in a cabin

       on a hill

        on a liberal island.

 

“burn baby burn”

the fireplace

that is