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Equilibrium (a re-post for Earth Day)

 

 

She flew over meadows
Over rivers & brooks
And held conversations
With articulate rooks 

 

Who told her a tale
Of when mankind resided
And the balance of nature
Irreparably subsided 

 

How they ravaged her soul
And ripped out her heart
And watched their green world
Slowly depart 

 

How the creatures of woods
Of forests, and meadows
Had to flee from their dens
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