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Anthropocentrism Wreck Less Track Record

while atop the surface of planet Earth humanity all abustle skittering to and fro, hither and yon engaged in self important activity yielding profits, sans blood, sweat and tears won full throttle industrial manufacturers quaking unstoppably only intermittently pausing, where managers standing arms akimbo asper quizzical looking hue cree ton megaphone blaring orders to underlings so "Boss" tweed can line pockets for his/her daughter and/or son Head Honcho most aggrieved, when red ink doth run undermining the bottom line, thus farming out labor to distant places (where wages amount to pennies on the dollar) locals such as Lake Woebegone, Qum, Timbuktu, et cetera where pun gnashing working conditions tantamount to slave labor, yet scare other options open hence able bodied men, women and children scramble, despite back breaking grueling physically exhausting grunt job accepting second to none with nary any rest for weary long as workweek includes a mon day, where bloodied bare hands claw purported Mother lode with feigned frenzied zest enterprise bolstered via executive bank ministers financing lucrative scheme attended to by majordomo attired in expensive vest corporate investment project elicits quaffing, imbibing, and chugging elixir produced from heavily guarded recipe qua electric kool aid acid test where coeval business men/women rest assured bonanza forecast upon former green acres hiding treasured quest marginally concerned such nettlesome pillaging, ravaging, torturing ranks wealth driven vanity as deleterious pest shortsighted exploitation money making embarkation glorified as investment nsync to feather nest retirement funds despite leaving the environment messed up, whereby future generations saddled with poorly bandaging gentrifying, resuscitating gaping wounds upon Gaia at best shortening quality of life for all (poetry) Earthlings aye attest.

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