On Wanting To Live Alone

For all of my younger life
I was surrounded by people
who were busy and inattentive.
When they tried to serve others
their motive was to make sure
that those whom they served 
were as distracted as they were.

They wanted everything
to be based on distraction.

It is too late for me to mind
my time being devalued.
All I can do now is serve notice
on any such ruinous life returning. 

The Weight Of Water

Once I would have measured the success
of an open air concert by the reported size
of the crowd who attended,
the decibel levels they absorbed,
and the volume at which they sang
the choruses back to the performers.
Now I calculate a musical event by the tonnage
of plastic bottles retrieved by the professional recyclers
who clean the site after the event.
Every plastic water bottle, often only half consumed
before being thoughtlessly tossed aside costs many times
more than the price of the processing it's contents,
and it is all sold far less than cost price to the planet.
Does adrenaline always create amnesia?