The Salient Bits
The Great Unraveling is upon us like hot white sun.
Journalists and librarians are on the run.
Whitewashed museums officially obscure.
Nothing is pure.
They want our favorite forests, deserts, and rivers.
It gives me shivers.
Word is, all we need are the salient bits.
Slop and scraps are surprising hits.
Beware the armed and angry.
Empires take what nature and people make.
The best citizens are legend and lore.
You’ve been assigned a productivity score.
Please, do not fail today’s civics test.
You can still head west.
You can work for a data center.
It’s a new hour for nuclear power.
We’re going to need safety glasses.
Forgive us our trespasses.