Moments to remember

Painting by Dolma Daktsa

I find this ridiculous,
this thing called life where
people in buildings worry about bills,
and those in huts worry about the bread.
The calculation, strategy and self-interest 
that come before selflessness.

We got it all wrong,
we got this all screwed up.

And then an orange head (read: Trump) is rearing to rule the world.
Hand me some weed now
or help me weed out with this epidemic that is the rotten mindset.

This thing called life, sigh,
and the struggle to not reduce it to bills and bank balance.

Maybe,
maybe we could fill it with more brilliance,
more than those envelopes that are slipped under our doors
more care for neighbors than the network

more moments to remember?
What is life otherwise?