What we dream of

we sell our bodies and our time
in order that we may survive
but what survives is nothing but
being satisfied with what we’ve got:

There are blue collars
and then there are blue skies, there
are dreams of starlight and
then there are lies
disguised tomorrows
in today,
there are dreams
of dishwashing machines
and tee vee sets, dreams
of forests one forgets
with cars and hungry
mouths to feed
we follow in the New
World dream, we pass in front - who
can still see behind the object
our real dreams?

What did you dream
when you were young
before you learnt
what could be done
and what was better
left alone
and what was better to dream of

to dream of living with
a spouse and kids and pets
becomes a dream
of owning things
which one forgets
a dream
of owning other people’s love
with things.