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*** Poem Release ***
*** Earth's
Narration ***
by 'Jan Johns'
It seemed impossible to
imagine that one-day, I, 'Planet Earth', would put pen to
paper.
Especially since I gave life to the trees that were
processed into this paper.
However, now that humans are, - dare
I say; ‘balanced’ I have few worries.
For me, it
was touch and go there for about a century or so.
(And, at my
age - a century flew by as ‘fast as a fox could outsmart a
human’).
The damage inflicted on me was - to be
‘minimalist,’ ENORMOUS!.
Humans had ideas and ran
blindly with them until my rivers were clogged,
my oceans and
air polluted and toxins of all descriptions oozed through my every
pore.
Strangely, these planet-polluting humans would laugh at
the others,
who did think about the impact these ideas would
have on me - seriously AND constructively
Instead these
planet-polluters would shrug it all off with a "it’ll
grow back" attitude.
This was relying on my history of
rejuvenation,
despite the fact that way back then -
while I
raged volcanically and cried ‘tsunami tears’ -
it
was simply extreme weather. Cyclical? YES it was, still is and
always will be.
Only then I didn’t have to contend with
all those toxins to boot!
Fortunately, in my early 21st
Century, there were enough ‘planet-savers’
speaking
out to the masses in a language they all finally understood.
Meanwhile - I was on the verge of DEATH!
If my air supply
wasn’t restored (and soon!), I’d die,
and despite
their egos, attitudes, personal opinions and financial wealth
the
humans would DIE too!
People were understanding that their
grandchildren (etc)
were in peril from the polluted air and DID
NOT look forward to explaining
what fish, trees, blue-sky and
native birds etc looked like
I know I could go on, however, the
rest is UP TO YOU!
"PLEASE - STOP DESTROYING ME"
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Copyright: Jan Johns, May 2001
published:
www.tardemstudios.co.nz - 19th. February 2004
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"Copyright"
visitors are reminded that copyright applies to
all these literary works,
and although shared freely with
you,
express permission is required to copy them
this
doesn't mean you can't, just means "ask first"
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