Stockholm Shame

Science

has brought

us closer 

to the edge of our oblivion

Nuclear fission

angel dust

processed foods

and smog

Two steps forward

ten steps back

ennobling every dirty fact

as children choke and cry

There’s one award

the Swede’s leave out

that’s missing

on their dais

The Nobel Prize

for mass destruction

as progress masquerades

— unchecked

(Sweden: May, 2008)