The End Is Nearer Than You Think
I’m gonna help with my own two hands.
I can cook the food, though I am a man.
Since I am here, I will help anyway I can.
I can do a lot with my own two hands.
It is a time when all should try to help.
Do all you can. Make your effort felt.
Make it so sweet, her heart will melt.
The fact that you will try is a big help.
The economy has completely collapsed.
We must live in communes. That’s a fact.
Do your share. Even if it’s to kill rats.
To put off starvation, we hunt in packs.
The community garden must grow.
It is shared by all. Eat till you’re full.
Then repay by coughing up some dough.
We will buy more seeds to grow.
Times are bad. Can you dig a latrine?
It will be used by all,—– it seems.
The sanitation that it brings
will be worth everything.
How long will this misery go on?
Been barely hanging on for so long.
Somehow, the economy MUST get strong.
If it doesn’t happen soon, I will be gone.
Yes, this could happen to you.
You could be living there soon to.
To think it can’t is to be a fool.
The end is coming for me & you.
———————————–R. W. Johnson—–(2015)