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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2015-02-03 02:02 PM




the planet has died
it had no soul to speak of
ahhh . . . when it was young
in that Garden of Eden
but that my friends is long past
the descendants
from those two who supposedly
first appeared
raped and pillaged mother earth
those who thought they knew
raised holy hell
claiming humans were destroying
the planet earth
mother earth just smiled
let them think what they would
she knew she would
survive their ignorant ways
eh . . . after many, many thousands of years
mother earth
began to feel very sad
because the human race with
its arrogant ways
had finally broken her heart
so mother earth
decided to die and proceeded
to do just that
she refused to grow
things to eat
poisoned the water
everything edible died
clouded the human’s minds
they just sat in the shade
and starved to death
when they were all gone
mother earth joined them in death’s repose

©January 27, 2015 / Jerry Pat Bolton



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latearrival
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1 posted 2015-02-03 02:49 PM


Very different.But Mother Earth  did not really create her own demise.Maybe she did just let it happen.  Greedy Man did it all.jo
JerryPat2
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2 posted 2015-02-03 02:59 PM


Ahhh . . . That would be your poem, Jo, in mine Mother Earth committed suicide. Heh.Heh Thank you for chiming in . . .

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Marchmadness
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3 posted 2015-02-04 12:38 PM


I wouldn't blame her, Jerry. I think she has survived many times and will again. However, I think we are in big trouble.
                                   Ida

Marchmadness
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4 posted 2015-02-04 12:42 PM


I wouldn't blame her, Jerry. I think she has survived many times and will again. However, I think we are in big trouble.
                                   Ida

JerryPat2
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5 posted 2015-02-04 07:34 AM


Thank you Ida, but I'm not so sure Mother Earth can survive what is ahead for her. But yep, "we" are in for big trouble for sure.

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tracie66
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6 posted 2015-02-05 04:25 AM


interesting post!

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
                        — W. E. Channing

JerryPat2
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7 posted 2015-02-05 07:49 AM


Thank you Tracie.

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Michael
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8 posted 2015-02-08 06:35 PM


I've always hoped that somehow in time, the earth might find a way to restore itself once rid of the human infection, for in destroying the planet we live upon, we are destroying ourselves too.  Sad to watch the legacy we are leaving our grandchildren.

Michael

JerryPat2
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9 posted 2015-02-08 06:50 PM


I hear what you are saying, Michael, and thank you for saying it.

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