Survival Of The Fittest

Naivety snickered 

as humans summited the food chain 

erecting a flag and claiming honours 

as species at the zenith. 

Intelligence used to remedy 

the maladies of human existence 

once celebrated 

now in hindsight 

realisation of

the long term travesty - caused by stupidity.

Glyphosate!

Inherent intelligence screams through 

some of us ….. not all of us ….. how can we define what’s inherent ???

A chemical substance, 

sprayed and splayed 

on our natural world.

Well that’s just an equation that 

makes no sense. 

Intelligence artificial 

concocted in labs 

by rats in pursuit of money 

announce to the world

“Glyphosate - makes so much sense.”

Fifty years on,

one in two will get cancer,

on in thirty autism, 

dementia and parkinson’s on the rise.

Prediction - 2030 one in every three kids 

will be born with autism. 

Glyphosate!

Coming to light

in the not so natural world 

facts and figures 

Intelligence used to remedy 

the maladies of human existence 

once celebrated 

now in hindsight 

realisation 

of the long term travesty - caused by stupidity.

Glyphosate attacks 

the thin lining underneath your skins surface 

breaks it down

causing leaks 

causing your immune system stress … 

Naivety snickers 

as humans describe & prescribe 

remedy for malady inside outside -oh …

WE KNOW BEST!!!

Naivety snickers 

Nature watches on patiently 

awaiting our own demise 

survival of the fittest 

was never the correct equation 

for answers 

deeply imbedded in 

… the nature of things …

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Powerful and true words written. People know things and don't care. If we don't pay attention to our world. Whole world will pay the price. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Nipplegrinder]

Well crafted. Thanks for the invitation to read this.

[Ghost]

People don't always live to help one another, because it is everyone for themselves.. I try to help others because that is the right thing to do... I like this write thank you for sharing

[KWP]

it is the right thing to do - and funnily enough I think most people like the idea of helping / serving others but perhaps they don't know how - thank you for reading - X

[jacob erin-cilberto]

naivety wins, because intelligence in humans is being replaced by us following machines/technology so blindly now...they think for us and we have forgotten how to.
damn you make too much sense here...and tell it how it is, now.
you are like a Beat poet showing the state of our society...like those others did back in the 50's and 60's---
i haven't written in some days...this poem might just give me a prod...it surely is inspiring...
j.

[KWP]

well Jacob your thoughts here have certainly inspired me to write some more :D I do hope you managed to fill some empty spaces ... I will go check shall I ..

X

[Dinesh Kumar]

nicely penned beautiful and really true

[andrew mitchell]

And some red wines have sulphur dioxide and other nasties. oh woe is the world today:)

[KWP]

oh man - don't make things worse in my mind :D X

[wordman]

we get poisoned daily on some wonderful and great food source,,sugar,salt,cooking oil`s meat