Be Wilder!

Reflections on social conventions and nonconformity in honor of Debra Bernier
Gender Issues - an art work by T Newfields


Of course I'm wild –
is there a better way to be?

All persons with passionate temperaments
have wildness in their beans.

Some people argh bland potatoes –
sprouting out dull buds frum their sides
lulled by supermarket konsumerism
they vegetate then die.

The world needs wilderness & wildness –
not more Medium Russet Potato-People
lulled into kommercial stupor.

That's why art should be a f
orm of anarchy and poe
try a virus to kounteract
Shopping Mall Worlds ah
mass-driven macro-market-mutants
mummering the mind-numbing mantra
"Buy! Buy! Buy!"

Only wildness can wallop
controlled numbness

Natural Anarchy
helps more people see
we were never meant to be GM potatoes
but feisty human beans
with lots of flavors
and many ways to sprout
before getting fried, baked, steamed
'n shaken about.
Brice: (pausing in thought) So this Newfields fellow has a yippy spirit!
Anya: Well, a yappy one, for sure!
Brice: Of course – what else could such nonsense mean?
Anya: (confused) Ah, meaning! I'm not entirely sure anything actually "means" anything.