In Maricopa at the moment

 

It's one-sixteen out

cars are starting to melt

 

people walk into the supermarket

AC takes you down by a power of ten

 

there's nothing to be said about

wealth of goods on the shelf

 

hunter gatherers couldn't imagine

how corners of the world got bent

 

coffee from Colombia 

beef from Japan

 

paper towel from the Amazon 

corn from the heartland 

 

all go into the cart

of people well-fed

 

living inside of luxury boxes

behind iron fences

 

I get their animal natures 

I see how they're scared

 

making political choices from 

reptile parts of their brains