Thursday, April 22, 2021

San Diego from the Air

from the air

the spread of hovels
looks like a scaly skin
disease only saltwater stops.

mansions are the
the same as shacks, just
larger roofs. tower, warehouse?

no matter. 
all belong to an 
untreatable scourges. it

will run its
course. our course. to
what end, who can say? many

do say. an
apocalypse of
capitalisms' necessary 

addiction to
growth, manifest 
infestation of the mildly

named "development"?
climate catastrophe? or
just everything as it should be?

oh, do not worry.
everything's under control.
Our Lord Economy is Growing.

enclaves of wealth
under siege, desperate mobs
climbing hills and walls, waves of a blood tide?

in san diego
they talk a lot about the "cost
of living." their definition's narrow. 

on the ground, in
traffic, some wonder, does this
make sense, does this make sense at all?


hans ostrom 2021

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