All I need
I say, all I need is
A simple spark to light
Fire that
Churns and burns
Screams
“FULL STEAM AHEAD”
Beneath earthen soil,
Extract velvety oil
I just need more, more…
Of your electric and water –
To fill the store!
I MUST BE FED
Who makes the fuzzy cute fleeces?
Who makes the molded plastic pieces?
Whose arms make the money that make the man?
Hmm? Hmmm?
Send your baby to the center.
Tell them “ become a productive member.”
Sign away their sunshine,
blue sky,
viridian field playtime.
Let them sit inside
(it’s warm and cozy).
“Here, eat this cherry, whipped cream, and blueberry
pie.”
Jacqueline Rudy obtained an English major while raising a young family and working. She is a wife, mother of three sons, pet mom of three male animals–cat, dog, and rabbit–who works as a library assistant and teacher. She and her family reside in, and are in the midst of restoring, a 19th century home on the Midcoast of Maine. She loves nature and is a bit of an “imagery junky.”