The Upside of Intransigence
You needn't spend a lot of time imagining the ways you might
Get humans to preserve themselves. You can't. They will not
Change their ways, but that's all right. The earth itself is taking
Steps to overcome its human virus. Fever-like, the planet warms,
And, as it does, the humans die by millions. Water can't be
Found, and, thus, the creatures drop from thirst, or hunger, as their
Crops won't grow, and, in their need, they go to war, and millions
More are wiped away. With fewer left, the means by which they lived
Destroyed, the planet heals. Like dinosaurs reduced to birds,
The heedless bipeds cease to be so great a burden on the earth,
And things turn out okay, not because they acted to undo their
Harmful practices, but because what they kept on doing ultimately
Left most of them dead.
Poetry by Lawrence Beck
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Written on 2024-10-05 at 12:29
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