Water is life and yet you consumed
Pilferred polluted wasted it away
I wept for every oil spill every toxic dump
Every wave of sewage left me undone
Your paper plates and plastic knives
Have left me scarred and barren
My children are naked, hungry and alone
You took their shelter whilst I gave you home
Then you forced yourself on me
With bulldozers and tractors
And powerdrills and warhammers
How could I think I was safe with you
You’re the ones who defile your own fertile
The age of industrialization you often claim
Batteries, napalms, aeroplanes
So many killed without taking an aim
The enlightenment of human civilization
What a delightful conundrum, the wonders of creation
With smoke and smog and choking hazards
Your cards are finally on the table
I wept and begged but you ne’er heard
Ravaged every thrush, deer and songbird
Til I realized my children you’re not
Scoundrels, wretched warmongers in the lot
It’s time you witness the grandeur of your doom
I’ll breathe fire lets light up the fumes
Your fragile lungs are glass, oh! dear
Let me huff and puff a little bit of air
Sit back rejoice your end is nigh
I’ll make sure you suffer before you die
You’ll wish you could breathe the air you pollute
I concur, it’s all done, now your story concludes
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