A Mind Off-Grid, Nr.13 - Affirmative Action

When I arrived in the middle of nowhere            
at his low eco-footprint yurtstead            
and had fought my way past the giant pumpkins            
to the yoga terrace strewn with beer bottles            
he was practising affirmations:            
      “The sun shines out of my arse …            
      “The sun shines out of my arse …            
      “The sun shines …            
                        “… are you alright Fred?” I asked.            
He slowly turned his craggy face and bushy beard            
towards me, opening his eyes -            
“Josh, haven’t you noticed the weather of late?"          
“Sure, cloudy. And lots of rain”.            
“Precisely - battery bank’s flat”.            
           
‘Of course’ I thought ‘beliefs are powerful things.            
They run entire lives. But solar electricity …??’