We have danced tango in exploiting the earth <br />We stamp our feet as we move to explore <br />the whole dancing space on the stage <br />We only look into the gaiety in our own eyes <br />as we seek to declare ourselves the winner <br />in our mastery of the magical move of our body <br />We explore the mother earth, making believe <br />that the whole stage is ours to exploit without limit. <br /> <br />With the rhythm of our tango dance <br />we create atom bombs and other weapons <br />for the countless crowd <br />We choke the trees, plants and animals <br />with our inventions and chemicals <br />We stuff our water and air <br />with poison and carbon from our own hands. <br />We continue to dance our tango dance <br />claiming that the whole stage is ours. <br /> <br />And we dance and dance our tango dance <br />until music ceases to be replayed <br />for the mother earth announces <br />that our own clever dance and music <br />choke her to death and our tango on <br />the great stage cannot at all continue.<br /><br />Elizabeth Padillo Olesen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-have-danced-tango/
