Square, Pleasure & Death by Michael Hooper
I’m hearing this industrial sound
of cars, trucks and motorcycles;
an intersection of steel, gas and rubber
pounding the pavement
The machinery of our lives
It’s a mad world
run by a specialized stop and go system
Stop and go, stop and go
The semblance of order
in chaos and smog that
tears holes in the atmosphere
dry winds and empty waterways
bring a scorching dryness
to the Southwest.
Lake Powell and Lake Mead are empty mud holes
showcasing the skeletons of their past
the Colorado river all used up
Now the Mississippi River is drying up,
the sands have opened up
walkers look for treasure in the muddy shipwrecks of the river.
Barge traffic is dying because of the shortage of water.
It's the fast incineration of Earth
No wonder William Shatner
After a trip into space
shed tears for this fragile planet
Like an aging man on meth
Earth dies faster
losing its balance
with rising temperatures
Cry for our Earth
Cry for our Earth
Save our Planet
We need to change
the stop and go
system
the machinery of our lives
so that our systems
benefit the Earth
not destroy it
-Michael Hooper
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