Dirt

Noise:
   O’Reilly
   Hannity 
   Maddow
like scrambled eggs
and dark roast, 
caffeinated Scylla
who move the rivers
swollen, chattering teeth
   bytes and twitter analysis
   degrading the simplicity of life
   that reaction to stimuli
we all are.
Sirens of Anthemoessa:
   Scarborough
   Matthews
   Limbaugh
pay-as-you-go celebrities 
of opinion and arrogance
that, like a virus
prevail upon the population
in the stadium
“rah, rah, sis, boom, bah”
   a quidditch match
   above our heads
   those sound waves
   of satellite interference
that rain down Dirt.
   Alex Jones
   Kushner
   Bannon
faces on a Wheaties box
   the Kochs
quarters in the machine
rusting and rotting lives
while wrapped in commercial
propaganda 
   buy, spend, squander
   you need; you need.
Hammering, kings of drama
   Mitch McConnell
   Steve Bannon
   Paul Ryan
directing the traffic
whistles and intensity
nail-polished hands that claw
hardened against
truth or reality or working people
   Sean Spicer
   Kellyanne Conway
turntables for 45 rpm spin
plastic and mocking
the real.

The manure and peat moss
Vermiculite and compost
Crumble.
Hands in the soil
A downward stare
At the real
The gentle earthworm
Cool to the touch
Moves and meanders - momentarily
Unaffected.