Oh earth,
What is happening to you?
Day after day your body is abused
And your sagging tits
no longer
no longer
Drip with thick milk.
Your scarred belly
Your scarred belly
No longer
holds the promise
holds the promise
Of tall sons
and fertile daughters
and fertile daughters
Bursting forth
from those hidden
from those hidden
Places from which
all bounty emerges.
all bounty emerges.
We have accepted
without question
without question
Your endless gifts,
arrogantly believing
arrogantly believing
We can sup forever
at your battered table
at your battered table
While we gorge
without ceasing,
without ceasing,
As if mothers are meant to be ignored,
As if all we desire will flow forth
Forever.