The earth is a sleeping pig,<\/p>\n
stinking,<\/p>\n
boiling,<\/p>\n
blunted,<\/p>\n
blinking,<\/p>\n
sourly computing every sound<\/p>\n
in the blinding quiet.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The earth is a precious child.<\/p>\n
We must attend to every sigh.<\/p>\n
Rien de plus \u2026<\/p>\n
There is nothing more or else or other.<\/p>\n
No other life space.<\/p>\n
I corn\u2019t spayk<\/p>\n
I stand amazed.<\/p>\n
April said she\u2019d chum me<\/p>\n
to a safer space,<\/p>\n
side-eyeing all poisoned water,<\/p>\n
and wholesale greenwashing.<\/p>\n
Data is the root of all evil here.<\/p>\n
\u2018Hauld yer wheesht, hen\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2019We will replant sea grass<\/p>\n
in Scotland\u2019s coastal verges<\/p>\n
but blindly dredge untouched ocean floors<\/p>\n
for lithium,<\/p>\n
sustaining daily prattle\u2019.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2019Scanny, she\u2019s one for overthinking,<\/p>\n
rendered inactive, without a clue,<\/p>\n
Doollally tap\u2019.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2018We must reap what we must sow\u2019.<\/p>\n
The great forest murmers<\/p>\n
a global whisper<\/p>\n
embracing in loose-limbed connection<\/p>\n
across the piggery.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Author: \u00a9\ufe0fJane Eckford<\/p>\n
2nd September 2023<\/p>\n
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