Natural Foreboding

For too long we ignored
ominous undertones
emanating from the core
of the natural order

Obliviousness
being a chronic sickness
of this dominant species

The slow deep rumbling
once deceptively soothing
has not only increased in intensity
but now threatens to breach
the collective sanity
of a careless society
too obsessed
with personal convenience
and over consumption

Which while an economic necessity
for a consumer driven economy
is a death sentence
for our increasingly fragile ecology

Today the bill comes due
as it always does
but overextended us
with a busted credit limit
and empty bank account
now has to deal
with an out of patience
foreclosing landlord