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How Cool Would It Be If This Poem Weren'T a Mother F -- -- -- -- -- G Difference
How Cool Would It Be If This Poem Weren'T a Mother F -- -- -- -- -- G Difference
HOW COOL WOULD IT BE IF THIS POEM MADE A MOTHER
F*****G DIFFENCE?
What happens when there are no more trees by Mother Nature grown?
Will humanity finally discover if we kill the trees we’ll all die together?
What happens when people discover only weeds from the seeds they’ve sewn,
While mankind is trying in vain to control the weather?
What happens when man awakes at dawn and all the plants won’t?
What will we do for beauty then?
What happens when daylilies should smile but don’t?
Because of neglect by both women and men
Superstition will mean nothing for all the ladders we’ve walked under
And all the mirrors broken in the name of our legacy
“Grandma, why did all the flowers you describe have to die?”
And our only logical response would be because of lunacy
Yet mankind continues to try and silence the thunder
When the thunder only gets angry and starts a forest afire
There won’t be enough things to run under
And believe me, this wasn’t Mother Nature’s desire
What happens when our children and grandchildren begin asking why?
What happens when our honest answers are nil?
If we look toward the heavens you’ll only see a raging sky
Because we cfalsely blame tsunamis, hurricanes and whatever else mankind can kill
The Mideast is meddling in business they don’t belong and so are we
But all of us seniors should claim responsibility instead of playing golf
We need tens of millions of people to finally admit we made this be
And didn’t we learn anything from blood in Viet Nam and that war in the gulf?
So next time your child or grandchild sits upon your lap
And gently drops into dreams with tightly closed eyes
Next time you lay your little one down for a nap
Before you say “sleep well,” you should say “we all apologize”
© 2011.….Phreepoetree
Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2011
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