Practical Poetry – or – The F(fooled) D(d’ya) A(again)
The labels says:
“The FDA has said no significant difference has been shown & no test can now distinguish between milk from rBGH treated and untreated cows.”
It doesn’t belong
but there it is
as if the FDA is some kind of business
some kind of creative force
as if the FDA is the one that needs protection.
They are afraid of the truth
why would farmers reject the use of rBGH
why would they want cows as they are
and are meant to be
why would that be important
A farmer chooses to care in a way that best reflects
who he is
and what he believes
the cow is as perfect as the human
as the milk
as the water
as the grain
as the corn
they are all of nature and bountiful in their innocence
A farmer chooses a natural path
a path that has been chosen for all of human time.
A business chooses to care in a way that best reflects
it’s values
Seeking out others in creation
that share the value
today it happens
that the value is milk,
milk in it’s most natural state
nothing needed, nothing added
no humans trying to perfect
what is perfect
what happens you we attempt to perfect
perfection…
rBGH happens
the FDA happens
shit happens
and in this marriage of values,
a farmer’s toil and love
a businesses manifestation of it’s values
there is an invader
there is a cancer
a usurper
a liar
an infector
a virus
there is a crazy man at the wheel
and somehow we have all been convinced
of our need for him
The FDA forces the ones that choose nature
that choose purity
that say no to perfecting the perfect
forces
them to promote an opposing value –
what treason, what reason
what treason
there is no FDA without the farmer or the businessman
and just let bessie’s master
force the FDA
to propagandize nature
HA!
The fucking FDA…
Ohh I wish for you to understand
anyone…
the evidence is here
the evidence is clear
there is no defense to be waged
The F(ool) D(‘ya) A(gain)
this is the world we live in
the world we allow
this is the world we allow
well
as long as they
do
other
good things.