the anti-eucharist, by Janette Jorgensen

let there be: (seedless) 
     oranges 
     grapes 
     tomatoes 
  
ever aware of market values 
let us create 
    convenience 
and move beyond 
    planned obsolescence 
to the hybrid which can 
   not reproduce itself 
  
     insure seed sales 
  
do not let them be 
     fruitful, multiplying 
     filling the earth with bounty 

once life waited within fruit 
     vulnerable to disease, easy 
     prey to insect and bird 
now let us reanimate with proteins 
infuse with pesticide 

     pregnant with death 
let fruits die 
     unfulfilled 
     having lost their savour 
in the biotechnological process 
  
     let us not question our wisdom 
     our motives 
  
do not ask us: 
     what becomes of those 
     who ingest death?