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Notes on this Poem I am not a bleating liberal, nor do I wish to upset America. But when I am in England sunbathing in 75 degree temperatures, when it normally is snowing at this time of year. When we have just declared a hose pipe ban. And when our most common bird the Starling has suddenly all but vanished, one can safely summise that something is happening to the climate. Reason suggests we all must get together to solve this problem and capitalism and individual concerns should take second place to the majority. Democracy is at America’s heart You lead while others follow And your citizens bear the right to be free With freedom comes responsibility And democracy applies To all who inhabit this earth? Within this premise Kyoto speaks That sound which disturbs The majority of a wider democracy You deny their global solution In favour of the American way But there are whispers in the wind For nature too believes in democracy And nature will make the agreement for you For she is omnipotent to unleash her democracy You can deny your future, but your ghosts will deny you This way of life feeds a changing climate And nature gathers her strength Slowly rising to give you her answer The Hurricane and tornado The desert and the flood Her democracy to maintain A balance within the hemispheres Your Freedom is a noble thing For freedom lies in every beast. But only humans carry the burden of democracy This is the price we pay for freedom But freedom is worthless When all you grow is destroyed When all you build is washed away When all that you hold dear is taken without mercy Look over the fence America Look beyond your borders Look at your planet And look at this baby born For it may never grow up to remember you
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