Even through the noise

Even through the noise

Do you hear it?

A leaf blower

Drowning out the birdsong

Whining like a hobbled goat

Tied to a stake

It eats the grass just the same

Better for the environment

The intrusion

Of mechanics

And the pointlessness

Of pushing against the tide,

Is a distraction

From the diversity of nature

Birdsong and good husbandry.

I remember how easy it is

To become fixated

Sticking rigidly

To old ways of thinking

Lacking the integrity

To take affirmative action

Refusing to go with the flow

I remember the story

In the book

Sodom and Gomorrah

Lott’s wife

A pillar of salt

Why?

Really?

For being inquisitive

Seems a bit harsh

I forget her name,

Typical,

Unnamed.

Just for a change

The women get the blame

Jezebel’s and deceivers

Bloomin’ disbelievers

The lot of them

Whoops do you see

What I did there?

That was easy

Misogyny

In a bible story

Who would have thought it

Tell it to the children why don’t you

They need a lesson

In patriarchal bloodlust

And masochistic violence

It helps oil the wheels

Of sedition.