Leave the Earth Her Blood

Leave the Earth Her Blood

The hydraulic syringe

left jammed

in her skin,

a steel IV Drip in reverse

to facilitate a steady flow...

of every drop we will waste

to run our

"lives at the flip of the switch"

conveniences...

has inconveniently collapsed

from the weight of our demands,

our mechanical

mosquitoes

have over eaten,

their eyes bigger than their stomach

exploding like greedy (poli)ticks,

their needle nose siphon

broke off inside her

blew a deep wound

a fountain of blood sprays skyward

all surface breathing mammals

now suffocate coated in the coagulation

of her constant raped suffering

for our things made of dead things

endless demands for more

we have changed her temperament

made water and winds toxic hot

blew her vein below sea sub floors,

she bleeds internally

into the walls of a growing emptiness

that no longer

can support the land above it,

quaking sink holes and eruptions

losing blood gases and oil

to lubricate her joints

and cushion OUR impact

what can not live will either die out

or survive by migration

rich power players

use to be smart enough

for the game at hand,

can't even buy their way out

We watch as they result to

false promises of

no need for

ventilators and hazmet suits,

when they mean

the damage is already done

the gases arriving way before

the tar balls hit the shore

fish, birds, land and humans

have all been poisoned

with sealed lips' kiss on evacuation

carried along the currents to fill

every fresh water inlet

for ways of life that were on the table

when rich men rolled the dice

on corner cutting to increase profits

around the floating bodies of the dying, dead

and decaying evidence of their arrogance

Brightfire Woman 

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