Popious

by John Shumaker

Popious
a questionable overseas corpse

well language has a different slant sometimes
  ya have a world gone silent
    on so many things
a soul crying for love
    for nurturing
      for sustenance
Mother Earth
  saying
      “care”
for your loved ones,
  for friends,
    for community
Community gone split from its Commons
  by developers, contractors, real estate agents
    Banksters, insane Hospital CEO'S carving up central city neighborhoods
      smashing down with Caterpillar bulldozers just like in Palestine
        noble, venerated old homes in old traditional neighborhoods
        so their hospital can have another unneeded concrete mausoleum they call “parking lot”
          in their insane worship of the automobile
            imagine that
            concrete a KNOWN cause of global warming
              a CARcinogen on the planet
well we had popious
  someone we all thought was decent when we were kids
    we were told every day so
    Pope Pius
      who had questionable dealings with Nazi Germany
        we weren't told so when we were kids
  ah Popious
          a questionable overseas corpse
and Mother Earth says Love One Another
    Love Your Selfe
      Love Each Other
        Love the creatures
          Love the critters
            Love the Rivers
            Love the Forests
              Love the Oceans
                Love the Prairies
                Love the Mountains
                    Love the deserts
                    Love the Plains
                      Love the Moraines
                        Love the Canyons
                        Love Trails
                        Love the Arctic
                          Love the Tropical
                            Love the Temperate
                              Love the Equatorial
                                Love the Rainforest
                                  Love the subarctic
                                    Love the Coral reefs
                                      Love Polynesia
                                          Love Micronesia
                                            Love Archipalego
                                              Love Fjords
                                                Love Islands
                                                  Love Peninsula
                                                    Love Estuary
                                                      Love Wilderness
                                                        Love Refuge
                                                          Love Sanctuary
                                                              Love Finned Ones
                                                                Love Winged Ones
                                                                  Love Four Leggeds
                                                                    Love Two Leggeds
                                      this isn't popious Dear Friend
                                        THIS is COPIOUS
                                  Love
                                      Love
                                        love
                                          is all there is
                                              Love is all ya need
                                                  This Sunshine is GOOD Enough
                                                      for a Good Day
                                                              AHO!