AIR QUALITY

An airs-breath... constant cost free consumption
in.. out.. the body's automatic process
mixed in masses... endless quantity... dubious quality.

Available to all mankind... on-tap.. meter-free.. a breath of life
a 'star-graded'... ***** commodity - 'oxy-gems - or - oxy-germs'?
green glade fresh   urban-stale  city - 'soiled and slick' or industrial recycled.

Vast air pockets - float - clouded with allergic menace
invisible - gas-chambers - airborne carriers of disease
breathe... wheeze... sneeze... agitated tubular air-ways.

Air-conditional guarantees are a - 'given' respiratory requirement
'easy' - un-measured promise - household ventilators become - 'mandatory'
air filtration will be supplied - utility company - of course!!!... AIR-U.K.

Canned-Air... Swiss Mountain Fresh - now out-sells bottled water
Masked faces.. virtual reality prisoners... 'air-locked'... 'air-tight'.
slow release smog... man's latest legacy... the ultimate pollutant.

john a hirst

written after allergy tests show my lung capacity further reduced by pollution and man-made allergies - and a report that air pollution has doubled in just 5 years.

no wonder I can't breathe at night.