Posts Tagged ‘asteroids’
Becky-Sue
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 16, 2008
Becky-Sue (1998)
1. Are you worried Becky-Sue about the asteroids?
One of them slamming earth any time soon?
I’m not worried. I’ll still be around
Breathing or not,
Above or under ground,
Mostly under for added protection.
2. Are you worried Becky-Sue of Earthquakes,
Volcanoes, El Nino, tornadoes, tidal waves, ozone depletion?
I’m not worried. They tend to visit my neighbors.
I see them on the screen when the President or his Vice
Hovers in choppers
Over the devastated areas.
3. I am somewhat worried about the toxins
Created by Man, about radioactive materials
Dumped in my backyard.
But I already outlived my ancestors
Way before Man meddled with Nature.
4. I am surely worried, Becky-Sue, of the forced issues:
Women shortening the periods of breast feeding,
Child rearing age, post pregnancy recovery
Because promotion at work matters,
Because equality with the stupid man matters.
5. We are what we are
Because mothers made the human specie
Grow and stay alive, against all odds, wars and calamities.
Because mothers stayed and gathered moss
While men wandered, rolled and rumbled.
6. Are you worried, Becky-Sue?
I really don’t know you:
Take me to the movie, tonight.