Of course, contradictions abound in assuming such a structure-busting utopic world view. It is not easy to be a poet in 2000. Resisting the capitalist marketplace is not as easy as resisting war, protesting sweatshops, or sending money to Greenpeace. It is everywhere, and has permeated our reality. Every time I turn on the computer I am aware of how I have bought into capitalism, both psychologically and materially.
Democracy is no longer the political system that defines our rights.
Soon we will all wake up and find that the Third Amendment has been destroyed by the very people attempting to exercise freedom of speech. No one wants to hear anything that is not delivered by official media channels. Speech is threatened everyday, so speech and the articulation of radical content in poetry is more important than ever. They are usually fondling acknowledgments demonstrating likeability, and serve the absolutely essential purpose of keeping us sane. I write them, and will continue to do so, with pleasure.