Scammed

We    have been cheated

         of watching     the mist   on the mountains

of the        every day joys

        living by waterfalls       and mountain fountains

of nature in all of her 

        majesty        in daily display

Civilization      has     broken

        a      pristine earth      in play

to live        in the system

        built of tar     and cement

the struggle for its money

        upon things     it is spent

My joy is where lakes

                        and their water lilies bloom

where the prickly       cactus   grows

              and changing seasons     in each room

when the clouds        are  blown

              like feathers           about           in the wind

where our              considerations think

               left to men           it will end

Will you             miss the blue parrot

              neon yellow        chickadee 

gone      the toad           golden

              likely    too soon            will the bee

the dance          of        courtships

              where        flocks       move to mate

as         the corporations          poisons

              their death             is its fate

So  many         dead zones

              now exist           in our seas

left to those     who now        govern

              the worlds     bounties       now seize

If you           expose          them

             you could           disappear

passed            executive           orders 

             now     make       this law       clear

 

 

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