Day 186
Husbandry or Pillage?
Day 186. Friday 19th October 2018
Day 186. Friday 19th October 2018
Husbandry or Pillage?
Husbandry or Pillage?
© 2018 Steve Cook
I don't know if Global Warming
I don't know if Global Warming
Is truly what they say it is or not.
Is truly what they say it is or not.
With all the twisted news
With all the twisted news
And doctored science sprayed
And doctored science sprayed
Into the collective consciousness
Into the collective consciousness
By the merchants of chaos
By the merchants of chaos
And architects of dismay
And architects of dismay
It's hard to tell
It's hard to tell
What's true, what's exaggerated,
What's true, what's exaggerated,
And what is scare-mongering rot.
And what is scare-mongering rot.
But what I do know is that
But what I do know is that
Husbandry of a planet
Husbandry of a planet
Is nobler, saner and more sensible
Is nobler, saner and more sensible
Than the brutality of pillage
Than the brutality of pillage
And civilised people engage in it
And civilised people engage in it
Because they care
Because they care
And are capable of reason,
And are capable of reason,
Not because they are scared.
Not because they are scared.