Poetry – Give thanks it isn’t us!

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Give thanks it isn’t us!

Slicing off the genitals

                Of the fully conscious

                                With a sharp knife

Without a thought.

Placing the severed genitals

                In a basket

                                Without regard,

Without knowing.

Carrying the spoils inside

                To the sink

                                With a smile,

Looking pleased.

Trimming the genitalia

                With scissors

                                A careful eye,

A steady hand.

Arranging them in a vase

                With water,

                                To admire

Their prettiness.

Opher 26.12.2019

I always wonder about consciousness. It is such a mystery. What is conscious? Are rocks, planets and stars conscious?

What an absurdity.

Yet is it?

Is consciousness a product of the electrical activity in our brains?

Then that same electrical activity takes place through a plant. Could they be fully conscious? Do they feel pain?

Because they do not shriek and scream does not mean they cannot feel, does it?

Feel grateful that plants do not collect the genitalia of animals!

Poetry – There’s room enough

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There’s room enough

There’s room enough

On this Ark,

As long as the landlord

Does not clog up the place

With progeny.

There’s room enough

For all of life,

Unless the tenant

Fills the rooms

With loot.

There’s room enough

For all to breathe

And blossom,

Unless the director

Feels there’s

Profit to be made.

Opher 14.4.2016

There’s room enough

There should be room enough for every type of life to live. There should be more than enough space for all of life’s profusion.

The planet is not huge but it is large enough. It used to be sufficient.

It no longer fits the bill.

It is a rock flying through space. It is alone and self-contained. It has sun, water and atmosphere. There is warmth and light enough for life.

This is our Ark.

We are all on the same boat. There is enough to go around.

Except that one species wants it all.