What world have we left for you, sweet child of mine?
\nDevastated old growth stands, fragmented animal habitat
\nRising oceans, and melting permafrost;
\nIs your precocious nature going to help humanity
\nThrough untold extinctions? I’m sorry I couldn’t do more,
\nAnd I’m sorry those who could do the most didn’t care –
\nI knew it was a problem when real estate prospectors
\nWere buying up future waterfront property;
\nThey never doubted the inevitable, just wanted to deny it
\nBecause shaking the status quo is bad for business
\nAlready had budget lines for environmental infractions
\nIt was never too late, it was always worth starting
\nParalysed as we were in our conduct, sweet child of mine
\nWe sold you short and I’m sorry… do you remember
\nAtlantic bluefin tuna? Do you know Pacific salmons?
\nOr have we made enough hatcheries to further dillute
\nGenetic pools more resilient than politicians understood?
\nIt pains me to know we had the answers
\nBut we decided to let your generation clean up the mess
\nHaving to learn the same lessons over and over again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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