A NEW POEM FROM DUSTYVERSE...
UH-OH...
GOTTA GET THIS OFF MY CHEST AND OFF MY MIND AND AIN'T NO BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN SCRIBBLIN'...
SO HERE'S A BRAND NEW POEM TO MAKE THE TIME GO BY ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON...OPINIONS WELCOME AS ALWAYS... ENJOY :
UH-OH....
WHY DO PEOPLE ACT SUPRISED
WHEN ON THE TV NEWS THEY SEE
RAGING FIRES, TORRENTIAL FLOODS
AND OTHER SUCH CATASTROPHES?
ARE THESE EVENTS ALL TRAGEDIES?
OF COURSE..... THERE IS NO DOUBT !
BUT YOU'D THINK AFTER ALL THIS TIME
WE'D HAVE IT FIGURED OUT !
GOD MADE EARTH SELF-SUFFICIENT
HE MADE IT CLEAN & FRESH & GREEN
AND ALL MANKINDS MANAGED TO CREATE
IS THE BIGGEST MESS EVER SEEN!!
PROGRESS HAS US ON THE VERGE
CAN'T YOU FEEL THE PANIC FORMING?
THE OZONE LAYER IS WORTHLESS
WE HEAR TALK OF GLOBAL WARMING..
WE'VE STRIP-MINED SO MANY FORESTS
REMOVED TREES FROM SO MUCH LAND
THAT NOW THE SOIL IS DISAPPEARING
AND NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A PLAN...
WE INVENTED NUCLEAR POWER..
IN SUCH A FRANTIC, FRENZIED HASTE
THAT NO ONE BOTHERED TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO DO WITH TOXIC WASTE !
BUT BIG BUSINESS SAID...NO WORRIES!!
WE'LL JUST PUT IT OUT OF SIGHT...
UNDERGROUND?? IN METAL DRUMS??
NOW IT'S A MAJOR NATIONAL FRIGHT!
BECAUSE THE POISON WE CREATED...
HAS A SHELF LIFE BEYOND BELIEF...
AND WE'VE GUARANTEED OUR CHILDREN'S KIDS
A FUTURE FULL OF PAIN AND GRIEF!
TSUNAMIS, WORLDWIDE FAMINES...
TORNADOES, MASSIVE DROUGHTS
CLIMATE CHANGES, POWERFUL QUAKES
AND WE'RE LEFT WITH NO WAY OUT!
BUT AFTER YEARS OF SUCH NEGLECT
AND GENERATIONS OF ATTACK
HOW CAN ANYONE ACT SUPRISED
BECAUSE THE PLANET'S FIGHTING BACK?
SHE'S BEEN STRIPPED OF SO MUCH BEAUTY
POISONED IN A THOUSAND WAYS...
MOTHER NATURE'S THROWING IN THE TOWEL
AND SHE'S NUMBERING OUR DAYS...
ALL THIS TALK OF CONSERVATION...
THAT THE EXPERTS SAY CAN'T WAIT?
MAY SOUND FINE AND NOBLE BUT
IT'S TOO LITTLE AND FAR TOO LATE....
PROGRESS HAS US ALL SO SPOILED
WE WANT WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT NOW!!
WE'RE ALL HOOKED ON CONVENIENCE
AND EVERYONE'S FORGOTTEN HOW...
HOW TO DO OLD-FASHIONED THINGS
LIKE WALK TO THE CORNER STORE?
OR DO WITHOUT OUR MICROWAVES,
CELLPHONES AND NO WAX FLOORS!!
IPODS, BIGSCREENS, VIDEO GAMES
FROZEN FOODS AND BOTTLED WATER...
WE SHOULD TEXT AN APOLOGY NOW TODAY
TO OUR FUTURE SONS & DAUGHTERS...
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO'LL PAY THE PRICE
FOR STUFF WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT
WILL THEY THINK IT WAS WORTH IT ALL?
SOMEHOW I HAVE MY DOUBTS...
THE TRAGIC TRUTH BECAME QUITE CLEAR
NOW THAT OUR WORLD HAS HIT THE SKIDS...
WE DIDN'T INHERIT EARTH FROM OUR FATHERS..
WE'VE ONLY BORROWED IT FROM OUR KIDS...
DUSTY RICHARDSON
c 2007 06/29
GOTTA GET THIS OFF MY CHEST AND OFF MY MIND AND AIN'T NO BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN SCRIBBLIN'...
SO HERE'S A BRAND NEW POEM TO MAKE THE TIME GO BY ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON...OPINIONS WELCOME AS ALWAYS... ENJOY :
UH-OH....
WHY DO PEOPLE ACT SUPRISED
WHEN ON THE TV NEWS THEY SEE
RAGING FIRES, TORRENTIAL FLOODS
AND OTHER SUCH CATASTROPHES?
ARE THESE EVENTS ALL TRAGEDIES?
OF COURSE..... THERE IS NO DOUBT !
BUT YOU'D THINK AFTER ALL THIS TIME
WE'D HAVE IT FIGURED OUT !
GOD MADE EARTH SELF-SUFFICIENT
HE MADE IT CLEAN & FRESH & GREEN
AND ALL MANKINDS MANAGED TO CREATE
IS THE BIGGEST MESS EVER SEEN!!
PROGRESS HAS US ON THE VERGE
CAN'T YOU FEEL THE PANIC FORMING?
THE OZONE LAYER IS WORTHLESS
WE HEAR TALK OF GLOBAL WARMING..
WE'VE STRIP-MINED SO MANY FORESTS
REMOVED TREES FROM SO MUCH LAND
THAT NOW THE SOIL IS DISAPPEARING
AND NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A PLAN...
WE INVENTED NUCLEAR POWER..
IN SUCH A FRANTIC, FRENZIED HASTE
THAT NO ONE BOTHERED TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO DO WITH TOXIC WASTE !
BUT BIG BUSINESS SAID...NO WORRIES!!
WE'LL JUST PUT IT OUT OF SIGHT...
UNDERGROUND?? IN METAL DRUMS??
NOW IT'S A MAJOR NATIONAL FRIGHT!
BECAUSE THE POISON WE CREATED...
HAS A SHELF LIFE BEYOND BELIEF...
AND WE'VE GUARANTEED OUR CHILDREN'S KIDS
A FUTURE FULL OF PAIN AND GRIEF!
TSUNAMIS, WORLDWIDE FAMINES...
TORNADOES, MASSIVE DROUGHTS
CLIMATE CHANGES, POWERFUL QUAKES
AND WE'RE LEFT WITH NO WAY OUT!
BUT AFTER YEARS OF SUCH NEGLECT
AND GENERATIONS OF ATTACK
HOW CAN ANYONE ACT SUPRISED
BECAUSE THE PLANET'S FIGHTING BACK?
SHE'S BEEN STRIPPED OF SO MUCH BEAUTY
POISONED IN A THOUSAND WAYS...
MOTHER NATURE'S THROWING IN THE TOWEL
AND SHE'S NUMBERING OUR DAYS...
ALL THIS TALK OF CONSERVATION...
THAT THE EXPERTS SAY CAN'T WAIT?
MAY SOUND FINE AND NOBLE BUT
IT'S TOO LITTLE AND FAR TOO LATE....
PROGRESS HAS US ALL SO SPOILED
WE WANT WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT NOW!!
WE'RE ALL HOOKED ON CONVENIENCE
AND EVERYONE'S FORGOTTEN HOW...
HOW TO DO OLD-FASHIONED THINGS
LIKE WALK TO THE CORNER STORE?
OR DO WITHOUT OUR MICROWAVES,
CELLPHONES AND NO WAX FLOORS!!
IPODS, BIGSCREENS, VIDEO GAMES
FROZEN FOODS AND BOTTLED WATER...
WE SHOULD TEXT AN APOLOGY NOW TODAY
TO OUR FUTURE SONS & DAUGHTERS...
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO'LL PAY THE PRICE
FOR STUFF WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT
WILL THEY THINK IT WAS WORTH IT ALL?
SOMEHOW I HAVE MY DOUBTS...
THE TRAGIC TRUTH BECAME QUITE CLEAR
NOW THAT OUR WORLD HAS HIT THE SKIDS...
WE DIDN'T INHERIT EARTH FROM OUR FATHERS..
WE'VE ONLY BORROWED IT FROM OUR KIDS...
DUSTY RICHARDSON
c 2007 06/29
