Word Experiment # 5 Carbon (please place your writing in the comment zone)


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BT said…
We are quicksilver,
Vermillion for miles
Unpredictable and turbulent

We stand, screaming as we ignite
Our temperatures are rising,
as you fan the flames

Your breathe and blood expelling waste
Your highways go on forever

And we can not keep up

We are swallowing the sun as fast as we can
Washing our bodies in charcoal land

Sugar rivers are developing deeper
running through our veins
oozing oxygen like plasma


And it is just not enough for you


So we’ve decided

We are dripping to the sea
where we can explode
where we can bloom

Photosynthesis
Phosphor to florescence

From space we make a visible light.

We are tiny crystal diamonds
A trillion grains of sand,
Gritting ourselves together
Generating heat
Slipping one by one
Each piece just falling through you hands

We are quicksilver, vermillion for miles

You do not give us enough credit
for you survival

We are devouring the cars
the old breathe
the factory smoke

Our Processing plants are small
and you are cutting them all down

So we are making our way to the sea

The parts you’ll never reach
Where it is deep
and we can never again be found
BT said…
I'm blaming this one one being sick too! I give up, it doesn't quite work or even make much sense, but there it is.
BT said…
So I tried to take it from the perspective of a plant, and how they have to deal with carbon dioxide. I'm pretty sure this doesn't make sense and the last bit just does not work but. Challenges are good even if the end product turns out to be POOP. There is always next week.
M said…
Carbon is a tough word to try to kick-start the imagination (I really struggled with this one), but I'm impressed that you came up with something that fits. No, I would not say it's poop! (you're so humorous) I like how you managed to write from the perspective of a plant. These are some of my favorite lines: "We stand, screaming as we ignite / Our temperatures are rising, / as you fan the flames. / Your breathe and blood expelling waste / Your highways go on forever / And we can not keep up / We are swallowing the sun as fast as we can / Washing our bodies in charcoal land." It's actually a really good commentary on the poisoning of the earth!
J Fee said…
Carbon

Mechanical pencil
Blood diamond
Carbon fiber
Carbon footprint
Electric cars fueled by coal burning electric power plants. Mass consuption fueled by dying plants. Tell me whats next, plastic pants. Hypocrisy knows no bounds. Elected puppets paid to dance. Mearly Clowns at second glance. Peace and love never had a chance. War machine ragging on. Time for another freedom song.

Coal fired furnaces forged the nation, in the name of emancipation proclamation. Industrial revolution filling cups to the brim. The smog lingering in silicon valley. Great ice caps melt, never asking how she felt. Endless consumption with no end in sight. But still a few fight the good fight.
J Fee said…
More of a "Rant" I supose.
I get pissed off at these commercials for electric cars. I wonder if people know were electricy comes from.

Natural Gas does burn clean but they fail to mention the tremendous damage caused by Hydro Fracking. 2mil gal. Of clean water per well. I can see red! In fact google "red zone" see a map of all NG wells in America.
H.B.O. documentary called "GasLand" brings you up to speed. Former vice president dick channey was able to change the clean water act, and the E.P.A. turns a blind eye to there practices.
BT said…
J Fee - Fuck yeah, I love the intensity of this piece,it flows really well and you can feel your anger/frustration. This is the perfect place to rant. Well done!!! I like the way you think. xox