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Earth As We Knew It

Charles Albano

It was a self-regulating system,
a triumph of nature
and the God of Nature.
It is the first and truest home
we will ever know,
and, in all probability,
an unmatched gem.

In one short lifetime
its wounds
have accumulated
grievously.


Our life-spawning planet
has fallen prey
to the foulest imaginable
practices and philosophies.
all portrayed as rational
and in alignment with
nature and the
expected progression
of Mankind.

So- the storyline reads:
it is in the nature of things
that we endure
a succession of wars,
famines, diseases,
and natural disasters.
The affluent insist
these things are
tolerable impediments
on the road to betterment.
And all are reassured
to take comfort in the fact
that science
will heal us and the planet.


While, under cover of
drunken illusions,
unaccountable actors
run amuck across the face
of the earth
scrambling to satiate
unbounded lusts.
They weave greed
into a fabric of "truth,"
elevating it in status
until it is deemed
worthy of emulation
everywhere,
and at all times.


Any beauty and simplicity
that marked pre-modern cultures
is relegated to a past
lacking redeeming virtues.
And anyone who thinks otherwise
is a hopeless loser.


Now this ethic
is rapidly reinforced
in a competitive rush,
as, disease-like,
it stretches its choking veneer
wholecloth
across the globe
in the pursuit of
"self interest."

Already,
in measurable ways,
nature has tipped its scale
against us,
sooner and more
vigorously than thought possible.


The quality of life,
sought, promised,
and deserved
world over
is sliding past
a foreshortened horizon,
its distorted image
fading
with
the
sun
into
the
sea.


I hear a voice
arising inside
that urges us,
at the very least,
to compose an explanation
to the children
standing behind.
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    • Pride And Sustainability
    • The Venus Transit
    • From Silent Spring to a Green Spring?
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    • Earthship Titanic?
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    • Greener Corporates and Fairer Taxes
    • Of Cavemen and Obamamobiles
    • Chocolate Slavery
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    • The "Subversive Doctrine of Social Responsibility"
    • GM Labelling Not Yet Being Complied With In South Africa
    • Al Gore
    • Total Recall
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      • Measurement Is Key For Sustainability
      • Sustainability In A World Of 7 Billion Plus
      • For Sustainability We Need Freedom
      • Why Waste?
      • Flushing Sustainability Down The Toilet!
      • Green Collars
    • Poodwaddle World Clock
    • Philosophy >
      • The Wonderful Ancient Wisdom Of Wu Wei
      • Small Is Beautiful
      • Green Is Gentle
      • Serendipity
      • Staying On The T, Working Creatively With The Flow
      • Embracing The Human Family
      • Mercy - Sustainability Promoting
    • Leadership >
      • The Emerging Boss Less World
      • Leadership In The Age Of Green
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      • Sustainable Justice
      • Of Vlad The Impaler (The Unsustainability Of Our Justice System)
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      • Canto Della Terra
      • Earth Song
      • Woodstock
      • Imagine
      • San Francisco
      • Dust In The Wind
      • Guinnevere
      • Perfect Day
      • Nice To Be Here
    • Green Poetry >
      • Passage To India
      • Leaves of Grass
      • Earth As We Knew It
      • Joy Shipmate Joy
      • Blue Daze
      • The Silent Village
      • Midori's Frog
      • Poems By Midori Chan >
        • Autumn
        • Reflections
        • Love Poem
        • Friendship
        • Tribute To Mika Yamamoto
      • Poems By Miry Allegri >
        • La Magia Dell' India
        • The Sparrow
      • Poems By Mike Shaw >
        • Looking Back ...
        • The Hidden Sun
        • No Man's Land
      • The Light Of Dawn
      • Poems By Mary Montalvo >
        • Mother Earth
        • Water
        • An Indigo Sky
        • The Fire Within
        • Waterfall
        • The River
        • Mountains
        • Clouds
        • Trees
        • Nature
        • Cosmos
        • The Fawn
        • Butterfly
        • The Coming Storm
        • The Painting Poet
      • Poems By Marie Hélène Visconti >
        • Seasons Of Haikus
        • Spring Haiku Bouquet
      • Poems By Claudine de Fay >
        • The Lament Of The Earth Dreamers
      • Marie Colvin
      • Poems By Ando Perez >
        • A Handful Of Haikus ...
      • Poems By Julian Carmichael >
        • Om Mani Padme Hum
        • The Green Forest & The Moon
        • Dandelions
        • Le Malge (Meadows)
        • The Snow God
        • Madonna Dei Sassi
        • To Chop Or Not To Chop
        • The White Butterfly
        • Green Spirit!
      • Poems By Paula Josa-Jones >
        • The Buddha
        • The Edge And The Sea
    • Green Quotes
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      • Deep Green Design
      • California Cooler
      • Inhabitat
      • Inhabitat Links
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