What Is the Point
What is the point of a gnat
Can anyone answer me that
They get in your bedroom at night
and frizzle themselves on the light
What is the point of a slug
A slimey old no-legged bug
They eat all your lettuce at night
and then hide in dark at first light
What is the point of a snail
apart from leaving a trail
Nothing, that I can tell
They demolish your lettuce as well
What is the point of a weed
They cover your garden with seed
Your borders they do not enhance
and they smother your delicate plants
I'll tell you the point of these pests
These annoying and unwelcome guests
They are all part of nature's great plan
and the only REAL pest is man
Slugs can't endanger the Earth
or destroy the land of their birth
Snails cannot pollute the seas
or genetically make new disease
A gnat cannot pollute the soil
or the oceans, by drilling for oil
A weed is a flower out of place
It can't nuke the whole human race
One of the troubles with man
is he does things just 'coz he can
Whole species destroyed without thought
It's endless, the damage he's wrought
The environment's right out of wack
I don't think it will ever come back
So ... what is the point of man
Answer me THAT ... if you can
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