I WANT TO LIE IN THE GRASS

I WANT TO LIE IN THE GRASS

by matt burns

Sometimes after I mow the great big lawn

I’m all sweaty

And tired

And I want to grab a beer

And plop

And just lie on the freshly-cut lawn

Relishing in the end product of my hard labor

Soaking in the earth’s energy

Plug myself back into the universe

And feel my energy replenished

But I know

That if I do this

My skin will absorb the fertilizers

The pesticides

And the herbicides

This can’t be healthy

I want to enjoy the earth

And absorb its energy

But it’s often difficult to do this

Even if I go in the woods

And lie in there

I get ticks

And I get Lyme disease

Some people say Lyme disease

Was a man-made disease

Made on Plum Island

Either way…

There’s a war out there

An assault on the earth

They want us disconnected from the earth

And all its essential energies
They don't want us in touch with the earth
They want us out of touch