HOW TO BUILD A NEW WORLD

After HOW TO BUILD A NEW WORLD, by W Heath Robinson Strophe Who will hold the plumbline, while we build downfrom this finial, our highest reach?Then we can consolidate. And if wedismantle steeples, minarets, we will bethe tallest, newest, most up-to-dategreat achievement. All solid materials.The design a variation on enclosure,isolates the future from what we leave behind. The multitudes will earn admittanceby thrift; the virtues of living in limited space,for broadband’s dependable band-width control of plumbing, heating, sustenance… disposal.New men, we will stand uniform, smart, slim,and purposeful, look down and scorn that world.We’ll allow set quarters for the less endowed,naturally –– and the sick their gleaming cubicles.Our ladies all elegant, accessible… progenitors. Anti-strophe We build up from trickle-downs, cast-offs,scaffolded around with resentment, stubborn refusals.There are things dumped here still working,that generate a sense of value. Aspirationis a dry bed, warm…

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