Sustainability
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change is juvenile
by erika taylor
oceans rise,
a species dies,
and my home erupts in flame.
but it's with the Young,
all action and tongue,
Dingy green metal
Flecks of paint flaking off like dandruff
Corners set in stagnant water,
Leechy muck in the slimerot of the shadows
Little door slides open with a screech
I hope you are okay after
we poured bleach down
your throat and gave
the last few sips
to the Great Barrier Reefs
I hope a mother’s love
can withstand the pain
Though I am free,
You could enslave me
Like a master that enslaves scholars.
Though I am resistant,
You could poison me
Like a predator that poisons its prey
Though I am tough,
I took a walk into the trees,
Alone and without fear.
The wind whistled through leaves,
A song that was just for me.
Three StepsI don't want this architecture degree,the $60,000 debt and 90 hour weeksjust so I can get the jobthat will change my life.No.I want the job
It floods in,fills up,crushing,hungry.Dragging, panicked.Whose hands?Mine.One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
I dream in Green
I dream in shades of emerald and jade
I dream in trees
In plants, in mountains
And sea
What do you want to be when you grow up?
When we are young
We don’t think much of the answer
It is too far away-
I stretch my span of wing, in the air once again
My senses are heightened, carefully I listen;
Silence.
I fly over forest, why is the green so thin?
A child of the spring,
just like me,
we grew together.
With each passing year,
1, 2, 3,
I came to know you.
On every birthday
I could see
how we had changed,
and I loved how
They call me Coltan.
It’s short for columbite-tantalite,
it’s my formal name, better get it right.
I could sue you for it, asshole.
I’m worth a lot of money.
Every time I open to a page.
My heart breaks.
My mind aches.
I want revenge.
I see another dying beauty.
Because of man.
Because of demand.
I want revenge.
In this world of thorns and roses
Deception creates reality's balance
Here lies a cup stemmed from overflowing greed
Rather cage the bird than watch it fly.