Welcome back to the Daily Poem here in the Close Reeds Podcast Network.

I'm David Kern.

Today's poem is from Wendell Berry, the Kentucky writer of many novels and essays.

And as you know from this show already, some really wonderful poetry.

The poem for today is called Manifesto, the Mad Farmer Liberation Front.

This poem is a favorite among many of my friends, so I dedicate this episode to them.

Manifesto, the Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendleberry.

Love the Quick Profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay.

Want more of everything ready-made.

Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die.

And you will have a window in your head.

Not even your future will be a mystery anymore.

Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer.

When they want you to buy something that will call you.

When they want you to die for profit, they will let you know.

So friends, every day, do something that won't compute.

Love the Lord. Love the world.

Work for nothing.

Take all that you have and be poor.

Love someone who does not deserve it.

Denounce the government and embrace the

flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot

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