Man

Man, as in the male variety of  the Homo Sapiens, has to take blame for most of the atrocities man has perpetrated against the Earth and her children. At a later date, women, the female variety of Homo Sapiens, too joined the party and are now equally to be blamed.
Are we intelligent? Just claiming so doesn't make it true. Which of our deeds on earth have been Earth-Friendly, Life-Friendly? The only thing we do with exceptional acumen is - KILL and DESTROY!

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Claim if you may,

that man is supreme,

that no being created

as unique as he,

To what use is intellect

if employed to stem,

mind and nature

woman and the poor?

Claim if you may

that man rules the world,

but what’s to a king

whose subjects rueful.

To what use is intellect

if used to maim

innocent children

and onlookers passive?

Claim if you may

that we own the world,

inherited by war

on man and beast.

To what use is intellect

if her you violate,

the very mother

that gave all of us life?

Claim! Claim! Claim!

Assert and demand!

The more you say it,

believable it gets!

For who would want

the Universe to know,

we have been digging,

centuries of graves.

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Coup de grâce

Exploitation of resources and pollution of  Planet Earth due to Man's greed for development and comforts has no meaning since it would be the beginning of the end of them both. The time has come when a whip HAS to be cracked and people HAVE to listen. When I say kind whip, I mean self-imposed limitations that may seem harsh to impose since it involves forfeiting certain comforts we are used to.

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Drilling, scooping and damming

Her plaintive tears flow unheard

We suck her milk of goodness

Her hidden secret kindness

Till she bleeds from every pore

Father greed wields the whip

Rules the blood money whirlpools

And she lashes out in fury

Angry eyes spell out caution

Little lessons unheeded

Her acid wrath smarting

The selfish wastrels who sprue

The countless gassy venom.

Her entrails boil and spill

To spread death and disaster.

Where are we going from here?

Down a precipice we stare

A slide into nothingness.

Silly slaughter has to stop!

Its time to crack the kind whip!

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