One Wishes Earth Were Not So Decimated
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One wishes Earth were not so decimated: Viscera ripped open, entrails exposed, Eden stripped bare, over-cultivated, Returning cash crops as demand explodes. Poor Earth! Raped and forced to bear the children, Of whom but few can find milk at her breasts. Poor children! Forced to wrestle with their brethren, Undernourished brood of the unblessed. Let Earth be, O humans! Let her be! All of you, reduce your numbers now! The Earth's goods could be shared more equally If there were wealth enough to go around. One wishes there were fewer to care more, Needing less, that time might Earth restore. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use. |