And we did
By Justin Tuijl
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And we did dominate nature and with our machines and mud and we did cover the trees with concrete yes and we did fill the air with unbreathable fumes yes we were selfish and we burned all the coal and the oil and we set fire to the fossil fuel to propel our progress and yes we made metal fly and tanks kill and we did pull all the fish from the sea and fill the water with plastic yes and we watched the snow vanishing more each year and loved the sun in January and yes we had cancer and yes we poisoned ourselves and the electric flowed into our machines and made more machines that used electric which was pushed in to the machines with long dead animals and we burned it to make weapons to kill each other and make money by selling more weapons and yes we did fly around the globe watching creatures die and floods and hurricanes and chopping down trees and yes we made money and we moved money about yes the rich had the money and they moved it to the rich and yes the poor had none and less than that and we were selfish and we should have known better and yes we didn’t in the end know better than the soup that we came from
Also, me reading it on youtube: https://youtu.be/DTyyVdFTzEM
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Love the circularity of this
Love the circularity of this and the speed, the realities it tells in its casual voice of regret. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
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A great and unusual poem. I
A great and unusual poem. I like the way you have listed our 'crimes' so casually, and the list seems to go on and on, but in an interesting and thought provoking way. Certainly makes us think, what are we doing to our planet, its nature, and ourselves!
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Brilliant pick. Hits just the
Brilliant pick. Hits just the right note - well done!
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