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This Is A Living?
by Bennett Kremen

Friday, November 27, 2009
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                                                    This Is A Living?

                                               There's so much dying
                                                in making a living
                                                like our dreams                                                                                                         slaughtered by a time clock.
                                                Sammy "The Bull", though,
                                                makes his living by ,well,
                                                chopping up people.
                                                Exxon does it
                                                to the tundra.
                                                Purdue sticks it
                                                to the chickens.
                                                Mama's making stew
                                                from a throat-slit cow.
                                                Henry's whacking down
                                                all the pines on
                                                wild back quarter.
                                                Sarah's gutting fish
                                                for a bouillabaisse.
                                                Tony's exterminating roaches,
                                                mice, whatever crawls
                                                all for the right price.
                                                Dr. Dan kills germs, who
                                                make a living killing us.
                                                Brazil kills rain forests.
                                                And Nippon mariners with
                                                nets black and cruel as
                                                the apocalypse decimate
                                                the ancient salmon runs.
                                                Oh, how I shudder to think
                                                what making a living
                                                is going to do next.

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                                          Copyright 2009  Bennett Kremen

    
                                                 

 

                                             

 

 

 

 

 


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Reviewed by Odin Roark 8/15/2012
Philosophy of morality made accessible to everyone, yet few will read, let alone follow the obvious message and subtle warning. This truly begs the question: what kind of jobs will the middle class in America have to choose from as the century's commerce becomes more and more global. Of course, if the drought continues at the alarming rate of the past two years, we may not have to worry about how most will be making a living, unless, of course, they're willing to endure some language training and be willing to sweat a soy sauce fragrance.
Reviewed by Regis Auffray 12/26/2009
Oh, how I shudder to think
what making a living
is going to do next.

Amen, Ben! Love and peace to you,

Regis
Reviewed by Michelle Mead 11/30/2009
Yes,a strong message in this poem that comes through loud and clear-
Reviewed by Robin Ouzman Hislop 11/29/2009
We're all wrong headed in the world at large, & if that's a future title for a yet unwritten poem of mine, it nevertheless will take a cue from this one.
Reviewed by Edwin Hurdle 11/29/2009
Excellent poem.I enjoy reading your poetry.take care
Reviewed by Peter Schlosser (Reader) 11/27/2009
Maybe martians hungry for tender brains will start killing poets to dine on them. Who knows? Wonderful poetry and provocative questions. I often think about such things. It's very disturbing. And it's just money flowing from one hand to the next. It's about the velocity of money, nothing else. If money flows, the economy is healthy. When money is stagnant, everyone suffers. Guess we need to ramp up the death machine again.
Reviewed by richard cederberg 11/27/2009
Excellent Ben!
Your poet juices are flowing
in this sobering insight. One of
the reasons I cleave to poetry as an
outlet is because of how I am compelled
to consider (carefully) life from anothers
perspective. You have opened my eyes.
Still, I like Filet Mignon medium rare.
Blessings ...
r
Reviewed by Patrick Granfors 11/27/2009
You've heard of icebergs
Your poignant commentary is just the tip
Wait till you have one move into your backyard

Well done Patrick
Reviewed by steve Chering 11/27/2009
Dr Dan? funny name. lol I loved the whole thing.
Steve Chering UK
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