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Of Deformed Frogs and Prosperity (Free verse) by Quarton
Over six bilion and counting,
top soil eroding at an alarming rate;
disatrous food shortages
with mass starvation predicted.
Hell, the farmer can't sell his grain
and make a profit, too much supply.
Plus, who cares about overpopulation?
We've got lots of room;
just keep all those damn immigrants out.
Oceans polluted, many species at risk.
Coral reefs dying--glaciers melting while
we continue burning fossil fuels, levels of
carbon dioxide and methane increasing;
green house effects now a reality.
So what, you dupe. We can always raise
more livestock and I like the warm winters.
Less coral is no big deal,
only good for making trinkets
and I don't eat much fish anyway.
Holes in the earth's ozone layer,
unfiltered UV rays portending grave
consequences for our fragile ecosystems.
Skin cancer rampant while plankton and other
plant life threatened, diminished crop yields.
You tree huggers always exaggerate;
I know all about your whining scare tactics,
nothing but a bunch of alarmist creeps.
The ozone layer will repair itself
and just use lots of sun screen, you dummy.
Women grossly exploited and abused,
equal rights a farce in most countries;
used for sexual gratification with no control
over their bodies--contraceptives and family
planning denied while the Pope clings to
archaic, centuries old dogma.
You patsy, women have it made.
Men do all the hard work and fight the wars.
Those damn feminists make me puke,
a bunch of lesbians stirring up trouble.
The Bible says in plain English who the boss is.
What are you, some kind of momma's boy?
Acid rain and nitrogen pollution,
threatening vast areas of old growth forests;
altering bio-diversity with
inevitable long term consequences.
I could care less. So what if it thins out
the forests. That'll make room for new trees.
Really, loss of ecosystems that evolved over
millions of years; fertile lakes now barren?
We need the wood and I'm sick of all this talk
about diversity and ecosystems.
Self-serving loans by the World Bank,
exploiting poor countries for personal gain.
Short term aid--long term rape and plunder.
Multi-national corporations in control while
the rich get richer; poverty and greed pervasive.
So big deal, you dim wit! Capitalism and greed
go together. Its an American tradition.
Besides, some of the money will trickle down.
People are always looking for a handout and
it's not our fault they live in the stone age.
If they're that stupid, tough luck.
A hell of a lot better them than us.
Increasing fresh water shortages,
underground aquifers gradually being depleted.
Major confrontations looming worldwide.
Don't you remember ninety-three, you jerk?
Tell all the flood victims about your so called
water shortages. You're probably smoking that
wacky tobacco, brain dead.
You and all of your hippie friends.
Super bugs resistant to antibiotics,
diseases like tuberculosis evolving into
incurable strains--AIDS spreading;
predictions of an imminent global plague.
We've conquered these diseases in the past
and we'll do it again. Plus, don't you read
the Bible? AIDS is spread by homos.
An abomination, that's what it is.
Those perverts will all burn in hell!
Humans suffering from malnutrition and
starvation, poverty everywhere.
Exploding populations the primary cause
of misery and environmental degradation.
Okay, wise guy. You said it.
Leave nature alone so it can run its course.
That'll get rid of millions of people.
They breed like minks in poor countries anyway.
Chronic use of cemicals and fertilizers,
contaminating both fresh and salt water.
Many fish species unsafe to eat and depleted.
Other aquatic species like frogs
being born with horrible birth defects.
Give me a break, will you? Go swim in a pool
and who gives a shit about frogs?
Plus, my lawn has never looked better.
Slash and burn destruction of rain forests;
home to half of all species with extinctions
increasing at an alarming rate.
All life interrelated and interdependent;
unique chemical combinations lost forever.
Cures for many diseases destroyed.
Big deal, all the dinosaurs are gone and
we seem to be doing fine, you turkey.
Most plants are weeds anyway and a lot of
animals are nothing but pests.
Maybe it'll kill all those moles in my yard.
Plus, the economy is doing great,
profit and loss charts at record highs.
What, factor in consumption of non-renewable
natural resources and environmental damage?
You've got to be kidding, moron.
I mean, what planet are you from?
Man, you're a real loser; knocking America
and capitalism. What are you, one of those
damn Luddites? Too bad McCarthy is dead.
I bet you used to be a Commie with all your
what's wrong with America bullshit.
You knee jerk alarmists make me sick.
Like it or leave it, dumb ass!
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