A Madman's Ramblings ~ by Eli Weiss

 

A Madman's Ramblings *

~ by Eli Weiss~

 

     "I never understood wind. 

     You know, I know
     windmills very much.
     I have studied it
     better than anybody
     else. It’s very expensive.
     They are made in China
     and Germany mostly.
     —Very few made here, almost none,
     but they are manufactured, tremendous
     —if you are into this—
     tremendous fumes. Gases are
     spewing into the atmosphere. You know
     we have a world
     right?
     So the world
     is tiny
     compared to the universe.
     So tremendous, tremendous
     amount of fumes and everything.
     You talk about
     the carbon footprint
     — fumes are spewing into the air.
     Right? Spewing.
     Whether it’s in China,
     Germany, it’s going into the air.
     It’s our air
     their air
     everything — right?
     A windmill will kill many bald eagles.
     After a certain number
     they make you turn the windmill off.
     That is true.
     —By the way
      they make you turn it off.
     And yet, if you killed one
     they put you in jail.
     That is OK.
     You want to see a bird graveyard?
     You just go.
     Take a look.
     A bird graveyard.
     Go under a windmill someday,
     you’ll see
     more birds
     than you’ve ever seen
     in your life."

_________________________

* D. Trump 

12/21/2019

Asheville Poetry Review