Stanfield Major Poet Free verse

Withdrawing From Capitalism

I'm looking for ways 
to withdraw from capitalism.
Perhaps you can help me.
Perhaps this is something you want to do too.

I've begun by starting a garden
and riding my bike more. It's not much, I know,
but imagine 
the effect of millions doing the same.

I've stopped eating animal products. If millions joined me
industrial agriculture would fade into nothing 
and we'd live in a healthier world.

I've put my money in a credit union that invests locally.
Perhaps you and I could start a cooperative business
and share all the profits with those who work with us.

The slave and the slave-holder
are caught in the same cage. Neither has freedom.
The only way to live fully is to withdraw from the circle of pain.

I'm looking for ways
to withdraw from the madness of thinking I can “own” anything.
I'm learning to think of myself as a steward
protecting the rights of unborn generations.
Perhaps you will join me.

Perhaps with our small actions
we'll reinvent our human society.

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L Milton Hankins March 10, 2021 at 1:34 PM I think you're on the right track, my friend, but it'll take thousands of folks thinking along the same vein to make real differences. Still, who knows??? I enjoyed reading your work. A lot of thought and effort went into this one.

Caren Krutsinger March 10, 2021 at 11:01 AM "The slave and the slave-holder are caught in the same cage. Neither has freedom. The only way to live fully is to withdraw from the circle of pain." This part is fabulous. As is all the rest of it!