The planet's dying - I don't care <br />I'm sitting in my easy chair <br />And watching soaps on my TV. <br />What do I care that in fifty years <br />It'll be much too late for tears - <br />I'm just relaxing, can't you see? <br /> <br />One by one the species die <br />And in the end we're gonna fry <br />Beneath an unrelenting sun <br />That finishes what we've begun. <br /> <br />Goodbye, then, to the polar bear, <br />The ice-cap's melting, do I care? <br />The rhinos will no more exist, <br />Gorillas too, will they be missed? <br /> <br />They say the rivers will run dry, <br />But I'm not scared - I wonder why? <br />I think the whole thing is a lie <br />And I've always been a sensible guy. <br />Technology will save the day <br />And make the nightmares go away! <br />I don't believe in fairy tales, <br />'No nuclear power'? 'Save the whales'? <br />The whole thing is a heap of sh*te, <br />Don't bother me, I've seen the light! !<br /><br />John Thorkild Ellison<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dying-earth-a-green-poem/
