​To local and world peace.
To the well being of everyone,
This work is dedicated
 
These writings belong to the
public domain as a resource for all people.
-AMK

Hypertendril bi-purple flowered snap vine pea.

"He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan from "It's Alright, Ma"
"How many times must a man turn his head, pretending he just doesn't see." Bob Dylan from "Blowing in the Wind"

Marigold mix.

​
​The End of Names
by Mushroom
 
SUNLIGHT
In the morning
Bounces off my brain
In a land where rain is becoming rare
And the melting of polar ice caps
Brings the feedback loop of awareness
Into the center of our minds.
 
DNA SEQUENCES
Of nitrogen heterocyclic bases
Make up chromosomes
In patterns
Unique
For each of us
Unique for our species
And for all species.
 
ONE DAY SOON
The sequence
For ‘one of us’
Will be known exactly
Just as the sequence
Of amino acids
Was worked out for proteins
Insulin
Ribonuclease
Hemoglobin
So that now
Sequences fold
In reaction space
To give domains
With molecular handles
To the inside
And the outsides
Of our cells.
 
THE 20 AMINO ACIDS
Specified by the Genetic Code
            And
Used to build proteins
Are un-enhanced
In the juices
Of common fruits
And vegetables.
 
WE IGNORE ORIGINS
And the core
Of sustainability.
The large trees
One of our primary respirators
Cycle oxygen
Ventilating the interface
Of soil, water and air
In which we live.
 
BETWEEN AIR AND EARTH
With water running in our veins
We have courted fire.
NOW
The concentration
Of nuclear wastes
(primarily for boiling water)
contaminates
parts
of this country,
world
and
universe.
 
THE HOAX OF OWNERSHIP CONTINUES TO PERVADE OUR TIMES.
 
AS THE DNA BAR CODE
For each of us
Replaces
Our social security number,
Where does our identity go
When our salad
Is made up
Of leaves
Containing genes
For 14 kinds of bacteria
Representing
7 major biochemical adaptations
plus polysaccharide genes from algae
fermentation genes from yeasts
saprophytic adaptation genes from capped mushrooms
in addition to
spore making genes from ferns
Vitamin E genes from cyanobacteria,
Floating genes from water hyacinths
Salinity tolerance genes from glassworts
With more of the genetic sugars
 Needed to repair and rejuvenate our chronically toxicated bodies.
 
THE COMBINATION OF FORMS
Is the pathway
Of the opening
Of the treasure
Of the gene pool.
 
WITH AGREEMENT FROM THE COURTS
Encouragement from the policy makers
Strength of violent coercion from the military
Our leaders of government
And industry
Have decided
To continue slavery
By owning and selling
The parts of our bodies.
This includes
Intellectual property
From the domain of our minds.
 
INSIDE ALL OF THIS
Is
Undivided
And indivisible
UNITY.
 
I’D RATHER BE CONNECTED
To the common divine core
Of everyone
And everything
Than dividing up
The holy realm
Of life itself.
 
FOR GAIN, PROFIT and CONTROL
For domination,
Egotism
And vanity.
We continue to allow the ownership of living things.
 
THIS IS CHAMPIONED BY
The pharmaceutical houses,
Purveyors of immense amounts of synthetic drugs,
And speculators in biotechnology
Intent on the marketing of atomic real estate
Arguing for patents
On all kinds of molecules
Based on the uniqueness of inventions
And the advocates and contributors
participate in the ongoing destruction
Of biosphere habitats
By contracted-view
Practitioners
Brings us
To
The end of names.
 
NAMING IS BECOMING
The sequence
Of genetic bases
In our cells.
 
WHEN OUR BODIES
Are mosaics
Of genes
From all kinds of creatures
What will we call ourselves?
 
WILL WE KNOW OURSELVES
Representative
And part
Of all living creatures
Each as common
And precious
As extraordinary
And average
As we wish ourselves
To be?
 
PEACE IS GROWING
In the gardens of time.
It continues to root,
Branch and leaf-out
From the struggle
To resist evil
To work for
The common wellbeing
To serve
A transcendent vision
Within.
 
GARDENING
Is an essential
Part
Of world
And personal
Transformation.
 
Appreciation
To Joyce Hendler who took the prose layout of the original and adapted it to this free rambling verse format.