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Steve Page Oct 2021
Look, we’re the victims here!
You said multiply.
Well – that’s what we did.

You said fill the earth.
Well, it looks pretty full now, doesn’t it.

You said subdue.
Well, that’s what we’ve done.

You said never again.
Well, looks like we’ve taken that out of your hands.

We’ve increased and multiplied to bursting point.
We’ve subdued this earth with a world-beating chokehold.
We’ve out-numbered the wilds into a final submission.

And no amount of talk about stewardship,
or responsibility, or choices and free-will
will change the facts:
We are not responsible for flawed design.
This earth is not fit for our purpose.

-

What?
What manual?
What users guide?

-

No-one reads that.  Have you seen the size of it?
It’s full of technical details -
I don’t know anyone who could understand all that!

-

What Quick Guide?

-

You mean Jesus!?!  
Okay – fair point.

But can we have our New Earth now?
Please?
Writing poems on the theme of climate change.  I've made references here to Genesis 1.26 - 28 and Genesis 9.7 and 9.11.
Wealth is not just money
Tis only a small slice
The prosperity pie
I won’t deny
Is flavored by being nice

Of all the traits you show
I can be quite concise
The quality
That matters to me
Is simply that you’re nice

We can build prosperity
At quite a tiny price
If we all chip in
And from within
React by being nice

Share your life with others
And never think twice
About your choice
Of a loving voice
And choosing to be nice
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Just be nice.  It's easy to do.  Being nice can build wealth and prosperity in your life and in the world.  

You've felt the impact when someone is not nice to you, and you've experienced the uplift when someone does show kindness and care about you personally.

It's a big world, and we have different habits, hobbies, politics, nationalities, religions, views, and beliefs, but we can still be nice!
Big Virge Sep 2021
So What Do You Accept... ?
And What Do You Reject... ?
  
Do You Accept Common Sense...
And Reject... IGNORANCE... ?!?
  
Or Are You Accepting...
of Movements Directing...
Your Life Towards BADNESS...
DARKNESS And Madness... ?!?
  
Violent Tactics...
And Volatile Antics... ?!?
  
Are You One Who PANICS...
When Things Become Frantic...  
... Manic And TRAGIC... !?!
  
Or Do You... ACCEPT...
That When You’re INNOCENT...
That You Need To Stay Calm...
When Policemen Advance...
  
And NOT Lose Your COOL...
When Police Act The Fool...
And They Choose To ABUSE...
To FUEL ANGER In You... !!!
  
You See Some Rejections...
Can Stop You From Stressing...
When Sound Thought Collections...
Are Things You’re Accepting...
  
Like Acceptance of TRUTH... !!!
  
So Do You Reject...
What We Now Call Falsehoods... ?!?
  
The Type That Infect...
Like This Corona Flu... ?!?
  
Which Leads To The Question...
Are You One Accepting...
of... Vaccine Injections...
That Haven’t Been Tested... ?!?
  
Until CONCRETE PROOF...
Confirms That They’re Good...
For Humans To Infuse... ?!?
  
What About Mainstream News...
Do You Accept The Views...
of Those Who Presume...
To TELL YOU WHAT TO DO... ?!?
  
Especially When...
Their Own Rules THEY ABUSE... ?!?
  
Or That’s Right YES... REJECT...
Because They Seem Confused...
  
Are You Quick To Accept...
What Political Groups...
Confirm To Be... “ TRUE “...
  
Or Do You... Reject...
What They’re Quick To Suggest...
As Being What’s Best...
For You To Protect...
Yourself From Problems...
Due To Experiments...
They Conduct In Secret... ?!?
  
And Are Secretive Acts...
And Rejection of Facts...
Things You Choose To Accept... ?
  
Because If You Do...
Your Rejecting CLEAR Views...
As Well As The... TRUTH... !?!
  
Do You Think That Makes Sense...
To Reject Thoughts That PROVE...  
That It’s Really NOT Shrewd...
To Accept What’s NOT TRUE... ?!?
  
Rejections... Exceptions...
Like Those Who Break Rules...
  
Do You Accept Them Too... ???
  
These Days We’re Accepting...
A Great Deal Rejecting...
What Were Natural Grooves... ?!?
  
And Now We’re Accepting...
Injections That Could...
Cause Some Long Term Affects...
That May NOT Be So Good... ?!?
  
Some Things Now Accepted...
May NOT Be Corrective...
If They Are DEFECTIVE... !?!
  
Wisdom Is Needed...
In Times of Diseases...
And Doctrines And Thesis...
That Hurt Human Beings...
Like Racist Policing...
And Legal Proceedings...
That Leave Folks Accepting...
That Justice Is Heading...
Towards... ODD Directions...

Do You Accept THAT... ?!?
Because  ... It Is SAD...
To See People Sit Back...
  
And Fall For ANYTHING...
That World Governments Bring...
  
Now I’m NO ANARCHIST...
But I DO ACCEPT THIS... !!!
  
That Our Leadership STINKS...
of The Type of Business...
That We Need To RESIST... !!!
  
BEFORE The Ship SINKS... !!!
  
And Drowns More Than...
... LOOSE Lips... !!!
  
There Are Things We Accept...
That Are Cool To Reject...
  
Like All Our HUMAN FLAWS... !!!
But When Systems Are Flawed...
Due To Corporate Boards...
And Those Corrupting Laws...
  
We Need To Do MORE...
Than To Sit On The Fence...
  
When It Comes To What We Now...
  
..... “ Accept And Reject “......
As the poem, suggests, be wise with your choices...
Tony Tweedy Aug 2021
Forged by one's own hand so sharp a blade.
Cast by the universes strongest powers.
A forge so intense in heat and fire.
Bonds as strong as any smithed steel.
No artery immune to it's strikes and piercings.
Vulnerability at it's every mortal ******.
Yet still we choose to love.
To risk to live.... to love.
Cathy Devan Aug 2021
My mother dresses me in gowns,
stockings, fleece jackets,
She pulls my hair up into a ponytail,
sometimes braids it into conrows,
She spanks my *** when i mess it,
She scolds when my outfit is ***** or greasy,

My father lives in the South side,
He dresses me in a suit and tie,
He likes my hair in a bun,
On the weekends he likes me in sweatpants and a tee-shirt,
***** and greasy in his garage,

I like me having a choice,
I want me on overalls, shorts, jeans and african print on Sundays,
I like my hair messy and short,
I hate the society norms
Feels like the society at large has already made decisions on how to live
Nicole Aug 2021
My existence wasn't a choice
So who gets to say my life isn't?
I've seen a lot and done enough
I don't want to experience more
The joys of life keep people afloat
My anxiety has stolen my buoy
I feel like I'm thrashing wildly
Grasping for something to keep me sane
I don't think there's anything wrong
Why is death always the enemy?
I am sad and I am broken
I've given my best to those I could
I don't want to settle anymore
Please just let me be free
Let me say goodbye when im ready
I want to choose my own destiny
I don't want to get better anymore
I just want this all to be over
Unpolished Ink Aug 2021
I don't want to come back
once I leave don't revive me
I'm finished and done with being alive me
you just know when it's your time go
so take off the wire
my choice to decide where & when I expire
An old lady got a tattoo-it said DNR on her chest and PTO on her her back
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