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Too Many People

There's too many people and not enough room
Take a trip to the markets on an afternoon

Highways are jammed with cars six abreast
Crowded hospitals people waiting for tests

Long lines at the movies or your favourite eatery
Suburbs are expanding we're losing our scenery

How to survive if populations keep rising
Leaders are concerned which is not surprising

Don't have any answers only some questions
Begging for help have you got some suggestions

The ingenuity of man has always come through
When threatened we've always known what to do

Let hope mankind finds the solution some day
Otherwise our society will just fade away


© Jack Ellison 2013

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Seosamh De Burca Date: 5/18/2013 10:28:00 AM Well said and a well constructed poem. Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 5/19/2013 5:34:00 AM Thank you dear friend! You are very kind!

Carol Eastman Date: 5/16/2013 10:44:00 AM Oh Jack! Societies don't crumble away... They fall with a bang! The bigger they are, the harder they fall when they go. Over sized governments and a country where the leaders become too isolated destroy everything. All solutions come from the bottom up. People responsible for their own bills and welfare will Limit the family size. Those on the dole will keep acting irresponsibly. But you have to care to solve a problem, and to teach, and help them climb out of the poverty with their own efforts. Login to Reply Jack Ellison Date: 5/19/2013 5:33:00 AM Great societies come and go... but the little people survive and just plug along! xoxox