The World Is Sicker Than I Thought

I have known earth was in in trouble since I was a nipper, But I didn't know much, Until the rest of the world, Started lauding a country that is refuses to admit, That water bottling plants are an abomination, And that we have more than enough plastic, In our bodies and in our rivers and lakes, Not to mention the sea. While it is true those residing here are may seem less greedy, And less needy, King tides are now more common, And where a human life was seldom cut short, It is now a weekly and sometimes daily event. If New Zealand is the world's only hope, The rest of the world should get out their microscope, And stop comparing apples with oranges. Thank god there are a few people who visited NZ in the fifties and sixties, And revisited it before covid, Our country had something going for it that it does not now, Even if it needed to do better by minority groups, We for the most part only died natural deaths, Which mean't there were more second chances for us all, And our communities were for the most part intact. Wake up everybody, NZ needs a kick in the pants, Nots a whole lot of gold medals, The bottom line here is that greed and corruption is happening, More than you would like to think, And gangs now control some of our towns, And fear has sprung up in places , Where the meaning of the word, Was hitherto unknown. This is my warning to those in worse situations than us, Do not give us a blank cheque, Instead only give praise where praise is due, Anything more is no help to me or you, And another nail in the the coffin for a healthy environment, In this part of the world, That looks so cool from a distance.