Question Without Fear
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American reactors have generated about 65,000 metric tons of spent fuel, of which 75 percent is stored in pools. No other nation has generated this much radioactive waste.
You silence the noise, from your electric clock
turn on the lights, shower and your coffee pot
Do you feel blame for what you have done
Since, the clock signaled, your day had begun
Hundreds of simple tasks, that we do everyday
No qualm of consequence, cost or whom will pay
Trying to survive, with wife and children we create
No concern of air, sea, land or errors we berate
In life's maze we seek wealth and that better life
Finding lies, debt, plague and fear, in this forest of strife
Spirit weak hopeless, afraid, when any query is raised
behind apathy and delusion hide, earth will be unfazed
Deadly dregs of destructive waste, defiled sea and sand
With befouling of the heavens, mutating plant and man
Creating wealth the priority, of humanity on earth
Pantology repressed, to seed arrogance not mirth
People's voice was muted, for way to many years
Unanswered questions persist, we can't afford to fear
Prospects to correct mistakes to save this great land
Seems ironic to say but, "Are in the Peoples Hands".
Copyright © Tom Larrow | Year Posted 2011
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