I Use What I Use

By now our capital is built up and it
sustains itself. What good is capital
that depreciates and must be replaced?
A house must last and adapt itself.

I use what others have left behind.
I add my part, and it is duly noted.
I use nature, grateful for its magic cycles.
It works for us if we understand it.

I have heard of the theft economy.
We would laugh at someone who claims
to control resources, to have dominion.
It is something that a child might do.

The thief comes and steals someone's
labor, while waving papers around.
It is a trickster tale to be told around
campfires and laughed at, loudly.