The thinking of the man
Goes like this:
I do
therefore
I am.
I can and so
I will.
This is the thought
that slaughtered
40 adult trees
In one horrible
Deafening afternoon
That levelled
The old stone walls
Of his own home
To save the V.A.T.
It is not
thought,
Because it is
not felt.
It is remote
Cold
Engineering.
It is the difference
between
the damage a man
Might do
by hand
And what he
Will do
by machine.