Private

Privatization is the power charging

the flashlight of capitalism.

  When its acid leeches into the switch

  of connection, there’s an inability

  to distinguish between good and evil,

  a failure to distinguish on from off.

    When it corrodes the chamber

    of community, cooperation is voided

    in favor of competition and victory.

  When it interferes with the bulb of hope,

  more heat than light is generated,

  more hoarding than loving.

Despite the individuation

of our own economies,

the universe holds all in God’s trust.

© 2016 Todd Jenkins