Collective Quantum Entanglement

Quantum entanglement: “spooky action at a distance”, Einstein

All by myself I decided that hair dye, botox and cosmetics were not made for me

A thousand miles away you made the same decision and we passed each other on our trips

Sitting home alone in the dark I realized that we were headed in the wrong direction

Half a continent away I heard a stranger say just that on a far-off radio frequency

I set out to save the world via the personal attainment of a sustainable lifestyle

You invented the same solution and we never had to meet or talk it over at all

We rejected childlike Christian fairy tales for the sound of a hand clapping all alone

Millions of us wandered in these same directions happy at not ever seeing one another

We both traveled far from totally different places to this unremarkable vista point

You had a brother not far from us and we had once shopped in your town

Your large SUV cost too much to fill and we found no solitude upon the trails

We shook our heads in agreement there was no stopping this thing called progress

We talked it over alone at home and gave up on factory poultry and industial beef

Overnight new industries appeared as unrelated millions made the same decisions

My well-considered conclusions on social issues were never shared with a soul

But you read my mind out loud in an interview with another random citizen

I knew I was alone and righteous in banishing packaged sports from my entertainment

Lo and behold their ratings began sliding for good, all across the nation

Thinking about it, I realized that neither chemicals nor cremation was for me

Next thing I knew green burials came along seeking to fill the bill for a profit

We sold our giant house before the stupid speculative market bubble burst

Luxurious downsizing was reported as a great new trend among us

I realized that the inner political circle did not have our best interests in mind

Their numbers continued to sag despite all their best in marketing efforts

After my last downsizing, I would never again pledge allegiance to any corporation

The same lack of trust and commitment spread silently to colleagues I never met

I came to my own conclusion that neither party worked for my real interests

The Independent label grew faster than it ever had before

Despite their best efforts I became convinced of the reality of global warming

They were left holding their empty rhetoric as people changed of their own accord

We realized independently that real estate agents should not share in the proceeds of our work

We had no problem in connecting with buyers and sellers who shared our beliefs

In quiet and solitary meditation I slowly learned to find a little peace

You did the same and, likewise, never spoke of it with another person

Talking only to ourselves we concluded we would never get to spend all that time we were saving every day

Millions silently realized the decreasing marginal benefits of more money, longer working hours and ever-increasing consumption

After too many pointless tasks the artificial deadlines and hazy goals of foolish project managers could no longer motivate me at all

They laid us off for good in favor of those still young enough to swallow the nonsense they could only parrot nervously

We had enough Hollywood special effects and over-hyped, overpaid, so-called stars

We shared opinions on independent and foreign films we all watched on the web

I laughed at the absurdity of the big box, drive-thru evangelical mega-churches

Gradually their congregations decreased even as their advertising was redoubled

You cut my hair for years and it only saved us a lot of money

Economists noted a trend towards fewer salons charging more in a shrinking market

My Spanish always helped me to communicate - with the janitors in our buildings

Now they say it’s a vital skill in the newly globalized economy that we all must live in

We laughed about their latest mania for those 300 foot long luxury yachts

Polls showed few believed any of their latest tax cut money really trickled down to us

We privately decided to make a personal statement regarding overpopulation

Demographers noted that the educated bred at lower rates than the swarming immigrants

We determined to support our troops by wishing for the ouster of their chief

Public support evaporated despite the light and heat of their ongoing propaganda

We smiled at their awkward efforts to put a few bags of groceries in a giant pickup

For us, the era of the monster vehicle was over long before American auto makers even had a clue

An Immodest Social Agenda

Grow all our crops organically, simply as the standard way to farm

Raise animals on proper food, outside of feedlots and render them with dignity

Do not increase population to artificially pump up the economy just to pay off our debts

End the dependence on cheap asian imports and expensive caliphate petroleum

Learn to expect added features in conjunction with increased efficiency

Dismantle the arthritic political parties and scatter those wretched lobbyists

Pioneer and profit from clean and inexpensive ocean water desalinization technology

Simply and irreversibly cut the military budget in half over the next ten years

Set an entrepreneurial example in greenhouse gas reduction for the world

Rebuild our roads, bridges, dams, electric grid, water systems and the internet

Restore our international reputation, respect and moral strength

Awaken our people from this mindless, hyper-consumptive advertising hypnosis

The old should again welcome their age and the youth once more look to them for wisdom

Let us lose the fear of simple and natural silence that forces us into mindless noise

Dismantle the multinationals which happily abandon us all to equal global poverty

Conduct all government business within our borders only in English

Multitask the mega-churches into low cost health clinics and lifelong learning centers

Tax all the powerful religious franchises like any other corporate entity

Properly count the underemployed and those ‘no longer seeking’ among the unemployed

Stop us lusting after ATVs, jet skis, snowmobiles, dirtbikes, speedboats and RVs

Ignore the phony urgency of their unimportant deadlines on all those meaningless projects

Ask where this is made and that is grown and of their unseen costs to the earth

Address the whys and therefores of this foolish and lost war on drugs

Abandon the Middle East to fly-plagued sectarian violence under the merciless desert sun

Don’t bother raising their retirement ages when they haven’t a chance at finding a job

Get old with the dignity of a decaying tree and not like a discarded fast food wrapper

End our leader’s dependence on public ignorance for the success of their bribed agendas

Make mine small, built-to-last, extremely efficient but, nonetheless, quite luxurious

Realize that bipartisan legislative paralysis is not mandated by our constitution

Let us be liberal and squishy on some issues and bullheadedly conservative on others

Reject phony choices and hot-button, wedge issue and litmus test political campaigning

Make these political actors write their own goddamn speeches for Christ’s stupid sake

Somehow, just make our healthcare system as cheap and efficient as theirs and we’ll be just fine

Abolish the career politician and extinguish the professional lobbyist

Protect our rivers, lakes, wetlands and oceans just like we protect our own children

Drop infantile, literalist fundamentalism for a mature wonder at divine uncertainty

Cultivate morality and love as our greatest weapons in our un-winnable struggle

Get everybody pushing back energy into the grid from a myriad of sources

Preserve and enforce the Endangered Species Act to re-create intact ecosystems

Quit relying on an oversupply of young, cheap, uneducated peasant labor for unsustainable growth

Realize that corporate profit goals are not broad enough to set the world’s agenda

Re-use, refurbish, re-gift, re-purpose, restore and rebuild

End the non-violent takeover of North America and Europe by illegal immigration

Reduce the incidence of single-parenting to save the family and shrink the prisons

Realize that no child left behind may well mean that all our children tie for last

Drive much more efficient cars and cut back on our senseless commuting by 25%

Wean ourselves from fats, sugars, white bread, greasy burgers, cellophaned snacks and soft drinks

Put some real effort into developing a cure for the sick madness we call war

End bullshit congressional earmarks, the electoral college and grant the president a line item veto

Curb the endless, wasteful noise of machinery so that we need not shout to think

Remove the immoral wage disparity of workers and their phony superstar executives

Raise children who do not carelessly litter, casually make noise and crudely waste energy

Admit that the blind economic hand, Social Darwinism and literalist fundamentalism is not magically resulting in a better world

Take a much lower international profile and let others sort it out for themselves

Realize that staying on message is exactly equivalent to endlessly repeating propaganda

Quit subsidizing corporate agriculture while simultaneously calling for free trade

Stop letting paid lobbyists bribe politicians into legislating on industry’s behalf

Don’t keep building and rebuilding homes in floodplains, so valuable left in their natural state

Restore the life to our rivers and count that as part of our so-called GDP

Get the politicians off of abortion, flag-burning, gay marriage and stem cells

Let’s talk about sustainability, energy independence and cutting military spending

How about we just finally realize that healthcare does not belong in the marketplace

Maybe we could actually begin to search for peace within ourselves

Somebody could even start up a real 24 hour news channel

Get control of national debt before it bursts like the bank bubble

Don’t let’s build more of these same old poisonous coal-fired power plants just to save a buck

Keep the internet from becoming just another form of corpro-broadcast television

Stop us spending time and money worshiping these empty sports and entertainment deities

Recognize, revere and reward young scientists, mathematicians and engineers

Biometrically and digitally identify us to end illegal immigration and identity theft

Amend the constitution to grant us the simple right to privacy in our own homes