THE TRADE
- I found myself inside a massive concrete shell
- lit by glass tubes, with air pumped in, with
- levels joined by moving stairs.
- .
- It was full of things that were bought and made
- in the twentieth century. Layed out in trays
- or shelves
- .
- The throngs of people of that century, in their style,
- clinging garb made on machines,
- .
- Were trading all their precious time
- for things.
by Gary Snyder
Regarding Wave
New Directions, 1967, 1970
LCCN: 72-122107
