...cell phone tower has angular steel arms,
Which someone thought makes it look like a tree.
Incongruous, it sits in the midst of forest and farm.
But a cell phone tower is not a tree,
No matter how much it wants to be.
It works by sending microwaves, experts inform us.
Just like the ones that heat my tea
In my microwave oven, which we trust
Was inspected and detected, probed and prodded
By scientists in white coats, who ceremoniously concluded
That it was efficient, modern and completely safe.
Yes, completely safe.
Science can be trusted.
Science never lies, but simply changes course
When evidence presents itself, such as people dying,
Or babies being born without their arms or legs
Because science said Thalidomide was safe.
Yes, completely safe.
The microwave in my kitchen quietly, efficiently
Heats my tea.
It cooks things in a modern manner.
Yet, the cell phone tower uses microwaves,
So that people can have phones glued to their ears,
Constantly in touch and constantly on the go.
Yet, these microwaves don’t cook? Why not?
What mysterious osmosis occurs that...