supercilious
‘we’ were so certain when i was small
that formula was superior to breast milk
without recognizing individual needs
of specific infants
that asphalt would make better roads
more traffic, more commerce
without realizing the runoff would pollute streams
or the dark surface would contribute to global warming
that ‘greed is good’ was local only
without imagining that the quest for
more and yet more did little good
even for the greedy one accumulating
ah, if we could approach our being
with a bit of humility, of awareness
of so much greater than ourselves
because we may be late in finally
accepting our arrogance is killing us