Earthweal Weekly Challenge

 What is your Witness to the Magnitude?

 

my witness is to the magnitude of  human folly

responsible for the destruction of this planet

my witness is to the greed self centredness self indulgence

in the name of being comfortable and never being

inconvenienced for any reason whatsoever

 

we must have a holiday abroad

because (gasp ) we haven't had one for two years

filling the skies with thousands of fuel guzzling planes

and their resultant emissions

keep the economy moving no matter the cost

 

crowds at the airport do not wear masks because they are inconvenient  and everyone

has had enough of plague reality so we pretend it is over

besides

the elderly disabled and those with health problems are expendable

so too bad if they catch covid and die

a little german pyscho with a moustache thought this too

the russian one minus the mo is doing a good impersonation

 

we use as much electricity as we can afford to squander

so we can swan about the house in a t shirt in the winter months

throw out throw out throw out everything not new

bigger is always better

new goods are not made to last so

we keep consuming consuming consuming

we use cars whenever we feel like it

with no thought of emissions

coal fired electricity plants churn out toxins daily

and on and on it goes

but

it's not going on indefinitely

so

have a laugh now and then 

especially at those wuhan bats

that managed to kill millions of people

germ warfare?

we don't dare say that

meanwhile

do your very best

so when it's time to push up the daisies

you leave with a clear environmental conscience