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Apology to the Planet (for when the roaches learn to read)
So we drank
all
the wine
and we ate
all
the chocolates
even the ones no-one wanted
all
gone
The lid
yawns open
the crumpled tongue of the box
wistfully licks cardboard--
everything gone
Humans don't do sorry
but if they did
perhaps our planet
would've been
a better place to live--
or maybe greedy
was all we knew
how to be
Published 22nd Dec 2009
| Edited 12th Mar 2016
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22nd Dec 2009 7:12pm
"even the ones that nobody wanted
have all gone"
Fantastic image of every human's greed; nothing is ever enough anymore & even when you have all you want, you still want more to the extent that it's even ruining the planet. Captures the concept beautifully.
have all gone"
Fantastic image of every human's greed; nothing is ever enough anymore & even when you have all you want, you still want more to the extent that it's even ruining the planet. Captures the concept beautifully.
22nd Dec 2009 9:50pm
And of course humans would never apologise to the planet for their behaviour anyway. Thanks, Arryn.
