It’s Not Sustainable – A Poem

12th September 2021

 Just dry hot earth, parched and cracked by heatNo wheat, no maize, no barley, no beetThe world, it has changed, and not for the bestThere’s just not enough food to feed all the rest. Flooded plains and the crops they are all washed awaySo I’m sorry, there’s no food for you here todayJust crying the of babies and the weeping of mothersThere’s just not enough food to feed all the others It’s not our fault, just blame global warmingIt just crept up upon us without any warningNobody told us, or we just didn’t listenMaybe the news has just made us hard bitten But here in the West, we all do our bestWe’re all okay here, so there’s no need to fearWe might send some aid, once we get paidFor the guns we sell to your leaders from hell How dare you suggest that we do not careIt’s not us pumping gases up into the airIt’s the others you see, so don’t you blame meIt’s not my insecticide that killed the last bee Anyway, global warming, it may not be so trueIf it is, it’s not me, but you, you, and youSo don’t point the finger at me as you dieDon’t say it was me because that's just a lie What do you mean there’s no food without pollination?But I live in the west, in a very rich nationSomething has to be done and it has to be now!What do you mean it’s too late? We’ll all die anyhow.