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A Poetry tDrop
by Wetdryvac
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Necessity
March 2, 1992
a warning to those who follow in my footsteps
I do not know where I am going ��
I have watched the world play its games
kicking its problems under the proverbial rug
burying its wastes in endless tracts of land
dumping the rest at sea ��
creating chemicals to use in a war that must never come
chemicals that if released could kill every living thing that ever was
then do it over, a million times around
still leaving the poison ��
using all that is to be used
no thought of future times barren in hive and hold
ground grown lean, no longer offering black gold ��
dragging down the forests in the preserves of life
taking with them to graves and ashes
a thousand forms of life and more we find we never knew ��
I see white rain and black rain flow cross a burned horizon
eating through the stones on even the highest mountain
eating the city streets and killing all that breaths
as if our poisons could not already do this ��
I see sister and brother biting out each other ��s hearts
for want of a better treason than base blood and color
though they always die the same
color of decay unchanging
it only darkens as it dries, slowly in the plot ��
I see a world of unchanging faces
they are hate
they are fear and anger �� terror even
and many others
the ghosts of famine and disease ready to answer the call
so I call to you
challenge you in any way I can
insult you, if that is what it takes
to make you take notice of the decadent land we inhabit
get off your ass
you have your life, now use it to do some good
we have been sitting here too long
growing further into leisure
here the world offers you its choices
stand up to the blast or get mowed down in the name of progress
take half of what you have, no matter what
and give it to the have nots of the world
those who sleep in the gutters of our most excellent cities
join the groups that aid the dolphins
enter in the war to save the rain forests
be inventive
come up with a way to save what we have
a safer way to use and be users
a way to remove what kills
use your minds
get yourself an education
for in helping yourself you can help others ��
those who only help themselves
are screwed by their own hand when the hammer falls
stand up
believe
it is time to march or time to die
each in your own way
you must stand up
a warning to all those who follow in my footsteps
I do not know where I am going
but if you would like to show me a better way
I too am trying to learn
stand up
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