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The End of Tuvalu

To the bottom of the ocean, where the fish can only dream, to the bottom of the ocean, to build our graves- among the sea. Tuvalu, Tuvalu- our home and friend, our birth place- and end; we love you. To the bottom of the ocean, clutching sand with grasping nails, to the bottom of the ocean, our pleas for help- have sadly failed. Tuvalu, Tuvalu- our home and friend, our birth place- and end; we love you. To the bottom of the ocean, to the bottom of the coral reef, where our homes have been neglected- to rot in silence beneath the sea. Please don't forget us. - Tuvalu is an island nation that is sinking to the bottom of the ocean due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. To those of you who still feel that global pollution isn't a problem, you have been taken in by gas company propaganda. People who would sell their own mother to slavery to protect their profits, much less allow a whole race of people to sink to their deaths. If you still think that man made global warming is a lie then you have to fly to Tuvalu and stand in the waist high water and tell the Tuvalu people why you think they should die.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 8/11/2010 9:39:00 AM
What wonderful poetry I am reading today and so diverse. I have not read a bad poem yet today. I am enjoying reading each and everyone from old poets and new poets alike. Lots of amazing contest entries also. Thank you for sharing yours with us today Michael. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/11/2010 4:20:00 AM
Is there anything that we can do to change things or is the damage done and unrepairable? Great informative write..They say Venice is sinking and water levels are rising also..Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my work..My father died in 1996 at age 97 ...I still miss him and think of him everyday..He was not perfect but was a man trying to reach perfection and righteousness through Jesus and the Holy Spirit's help...Sara
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Date: 8/10/2010 10:16:00 PM
According to what I have heard, they asked Australia to accept them but they were denied. They don't know where to turn, they are basically resigning themselves to death now. Unless a miracle happens and Capitalist Industry scales back the polluting and works to fix the damage to our atmosphere and planet.
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