Plastic Conscience

I don’t understand You are standing We are (you understand) standing In the water By the ocean In the sea By the shore Of a river In a mountain Stream I collect green stamps and other various important collectables Coupons and cash rebates I save my receipts and file them neatly under “r” Credit cards are numerous I have them all Money doesn’t change hands only account numbers Accounts are infinite Just as the numbers that represent them Therefore I am infinite Aren’t I?
You – you understand Statistics You are one or many Though you choose not to be Why? You have a number Use it You too are as infinite as I And yet not quite as complex (complicated) That makes you less than I I am the greater sum Seven squared You are the root of an annoying seed / weed That should never be allowed to grow And yet continues to do so
I – don’t understand You are standing We are (you understand) standing In the water By the ocean In the wind By the sea Of a river of rain In a mountain stream
And you – feel overjoyed While I feel infinitely inferior Because you feel overjoyed And I can’t feel With a plastic conscience