The Civilized Life

I When the hands cease creating ... pottery, paintings, portraits, machines Or gathering seeds, nursing forests ... II When the head ceases pondering philosophy ... How to ameliorate, annihilate sufferings Or simply how to be kind, reduce crime ... III When the heart stops caring enough to endure ... things that must be endured (Gandhi did, and Ramabai) Or a Dr. King, simply to love, give, forgive ... IV We become obsessed with those holes