Philosophy - Ernie Carpenter

[Larry Robinson]

Philosophy 

You slip 
into life
programmed 
to breath, 
excrete. 
 
Ticket punched 
ere arrival. 
Nigh on to 
14,000,000 
Homo sapiens  
have trod this 
space. 
 
How many  
can you  
name? 
Who 
will name 
you? 
 
First, you’re young; then you’re old. 
First, you live; then you die. 
Try not to hurt too many people along the way. 
Put back more than you take. 
You control some of it. 
 
Greed produces 
Prunes and ghouls.  
Anxiety makes wrinkles and fools. 
Eight out of ten 
commandments  
not bad. 
Power goes sour. 
Your children will likely 
Throw away all that shit you collected. 
Or someone else will. 
 
	- Ernie Carpenter
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