From window pots to garden plots<\/p>\n
forgo the cemetery, for if you’re wise you’ll make your choice<\/p>\n
trees, flowers, fern and berry<\/p>\n
We have recomposition and Capsula Mundi<\/p>\n
because we are more civilized<\/p>\n
We choose rebirth straight from the earth<\/p>\n
over metals that won’t soon die<\/p>\n
Our concrete jungles weren’t friendly, our carbon footprint we be-moan<\/p>\n
now some of us have found a way to give back the life we have on loan<\/p>\n
You’ve seen it in the alleys, in the broken bottle mess<\/p>\n
You’ve seen it in the subways, and everywhere’s else, I guess<\/p>\n
Our streets are much too crowded<\/p>\n
Buildings codes eschew<\/p>\n
We dreamed there was a better way,<\/p>\n
I’ll bet that you did too!<\/p>\n
Nature finds a way, you see the flowers poking through<\/p>\n
the cement of the broken sidewalk,<\/p>\n
That flower could be you!<\/p>\n
Upon a new horizon your future will not waste<\/p>\n
decay is not a fail-safe that complies post-haste<\/p>\n
With a promise of release<\/p>\n
from rust and ranker in the cold<\/p>\n
You’ll rest with perfect peace<\/p>\n
in gardens made of light<\/p>\n
when you choose<\/p>\n
our sweet respite,<\/p>\n
a field of kindly eldritch delight !<\/p>\n
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