BoBloBo: Wellness in an Era of Accumulation
-fair use excerpted from Sedinam Kinamo
Christin Moyowasifza-Curry’s poem
on META’s Facebook
with additions in square brackets
eMeme
What’s Enough
“It’s just a little bit of chlorine in your water
… just a little bit of heavy metals in your food
…[radon daughters in your air]
…fragrance in your perfume
…benzene in your sunscreen
…just a little bit of [Red 3 in your processed foods]
…phthalates in your plastic toys
…BPA in your plastic bottles
…just a little bit of fluoride in your drinking water
…[nanoplastics in your breast milk]”
eComment1
Romans
and lead pipes
eComment2
Patriarchy
is poisoning the people
with its for profit
corporations
eComment3
You have to
look at the levels these things occur
Tiny amounts of
toxic things are not
harmful — for example, fruits naturally
have formaldehyde
This doesn’t make fruits
bad for you
eComment4
Indeed! Alcohol is also
poisonous yet people lap it up
like there’s no tomorrow
eComment5
And isn’t that the principle of
homeopathy
& the Jack Mueller’s dictum:
“All power to the paradox.”
That a little bit of bad may be
good for you — depending on the dosage?
Still
given the toxic burden our bodies’ve
been buying & selling & pocketing since
those first atomic bombs detonated over
Alamagordo * White Sands * Bikini Atoll
Who can imagine rising
levels of glyphosate et al
in bones & blood
bode well for our species?
