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The Ticking of the Clock The trees have had to go you see, no room left for them.
Our cattle need the room, so we can feed on them.
by P.Ward The wildlife had to go, too, OUR food of course, comes first,
Star our politicians did not see, and did not want to know,
Poem The ticking of the clock, the tick before the tock, they saw THEIR future through a rosy glow.
the sparking of the fire, with flames now growing higher.
I sit and rock myself to sleep, to dream of days gone by, So, what are we about to do to put this problem right?
remembering when, in innocence, I did not need to weep, It would seem — nothing at all, but fight fight fight.
because of that it now would seem, those errors we must reap. We must believe that changes must be made,
no point in waiting for others to die and yes, to fade.
We must have known, we must have seen, that there would We must act now, not years ahead, for it would be too late,
be an end. we need to approach with logic, and with a little faith,
We must have known, inside our hearts, then, foolish otherwise, dear sir, we may well just see the wraith.
to pretend.
For time was running out, right from the very start. I have some good ideas, about a change in food,
We bred and bred and bred some more, horses, cows but, sir, if I told you, you may well be quite rude.
and sheep. It isn't hard to understand that changes must be made,
When I think upon the shame, I really have to weep. for if we don't my friend, our bodies will be laid.
Pigs, dogs and cats, just anything — that would a profit bring. Our futures are now running out, we have not time to wait.
We even bred our babies, as though this Earth had wings. Then why, dear sir, are YOU leaning on your gate?
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