Mushroom Soup

In a land where light never shines
mushroom citizens reside

Consumed with raging bitterness
at the oblivious oak tree
which steadfastly blocks out the sun
from their little black patch of ground

Task force meetings are constantly convened

Shadow removal action plans proposed
and bounced around

How to take down this anchored obstruction
given their limited resources
and budgetary constraints of a fungi economy?

In the darkness
it’s so very hard to see
the futility of current reality