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DANDELION FAIRIES
( AN ENVIROMENTAL APOLOGY TO MY CHILDREN)

I WHISPER ONE OCLOCK TO A DANDELION
TO SET SOME FAIRIES FREE
THEN TWO OCLOCK TO THE STUBBORN ONES
THAT RESIST MY FREEDOM PLEA

BE GONE I SAY AND FAR AWAY
BE GONE BEYOND THE STARS
AND DO NOT END YOUR JOURNEY
UNTIL YOU LAND ON MARS

FOR NOTHING NOW IS LEFT ON EARTH
THE LAND IS SCORCHED AND BARE
AND TREES THAT GREW IN FORESTS
ARE ALL BUT GONE FROM THERE

ANIMALS FACE EXTINCTION
SOMETHING IS MELTING THE SNOW
AND WHEN MY CHILDREN ASK ME HOW
I SAY I DO NOT KNOW

THEY WITNESS DAILY SLAUGHTER
OF CREATURES ON LAND AND SEA
AND WHEN MY CHILDREN ASK ME WHY
I SAY NOTHING TO DO WITH ME

CAN OUR FUTURE BE PROTECTED
ASSUMING A FUTURE RETURNS
AND WHEN MY CHILDREN ASK ME THIS
I SAY ONLY IF MANKIND LEARNS

ANOTHER KIND OF LIFESTYLE
WITH A CAPACITY TO GIVE
INSTEAD OF RAPING THIS PLANET
ON WHICH WE ALL HAVE TO LIVE

The great thing about dandelion fairies is how hardy they are. If any thing could thrive on mars I’m sure it’s them, at least judging from the ones who chose to take up residents in the smallest cracks of the sidewalk.

I hear what your saying, I think we're going to have a lot of explaining to do.