there is no armageddon
waiting to engulf us all in flames
no rapture waiting to
punish nonbelievers
we will not be so lucky
we are already
smothering ourselves slowly
under smog, plastic, pesticides, pavement
our cities grow like cancers,
filling with refugees from
the far away landscapes
destroyed by our hunger
for minerals, oil, cattle
we are dazzled blind
by our technology,
by our material plenty
we have become adept
at stealing from the future
under the guise of creating it.
narinda heng 