1619

Money will follow a lie
or
the lie follows the money
take your pick
both are true

When a child is separated
from his mother in
Texas or Arizona or
wherever
know that the gun sold
south to a drug lord in
Guatemala or El Salvador or
wherever
this is the link
this – the gun

Follow the money that
follows the lie or
the lie that follows the
money
take your pick
both are true

Amphibians decline from
atrazine
birds crash into windows
the wolverine of Michigan is
no more
the coral reefs, the deep ocean
fishes, the polar bears, the penguins –
will they survive the
changes in their habitats
– or will there be nothing there?

Money follows the lie and
the lie follows the money
both are true
take your pick
whatever

They came before my ancestors who
followed them aboard
the Winthrop fleet of 1630
I can trace it yes I can but
then my ancestors were not
equated with cattle and
spoons and forks

They were here first – no lie but
It is difficult to trace the truth in
a lie told for
centuries – no – you
only find them by
following the money
that follows the lie or
the lie which
follows the money

both are true

Arrogance and conceit –
they do not want you
to know this
but this is true
follow the money
follow the lie
they intertwine like
vipers and will
poison you

Don’t believe the lie and
let the money go
follow the truth
there is no money In truth
truth is an essence
money can never own.

12/2021-1/2022