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Jack's Fancy

Jack’s fancy was a bungalow,

Nestled quietly near the woods;

A garden and a patio,

A place to store his worldly goods.

 

A haven close to nature’s heart,

Where he could ponder and could rest;

A spot for music and for art,

And all the things he liked the best.

 

But pleasure soon began to wane,

As viral traffic pounded past,

And noise from each approaching plane

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Environment   Pollution

Devil

An avaricious devil is mankind;

He goes and grabs all things that he can find.

Perhaps he’s not aware that it’s unkind;

Faced with the danger, he says ‘never mind’.

 

Mankind intends to decimate this place,

To slash and burn and eat up every space,

With acquisition as some kind of race

To mop up Earth’s resources with no trace.

 

The monster has now caught us in his t...

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Over-consumption   Pollution   Waste

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