The Big Problem
Plainly Stated
We (collective enterprise):
-merchants/beggars
-soldiers/farmers
-artificial engineers/waste management
-he/she/they
-etc.
Are (plurally being):
-selling/buying
-destroying/growing
-producing/consuming
-defecating/thinking/breathing
-etc.
Killing (death-inducing acts):
-resource vulgarizing/elemental polluting
-blatant dehumanizing/mono-crop monopolizing
-grossly misappropriating/systematic crippling
-assaulting/neglecting/rejecting
-etc.
the (denotes an assumed knowledge acquisition of a following location’s unique characteristics).
Earth (location):
-planet/home
-resource/sanctuary
-salt-brine/juniper peaks
-first: literary purple/beat of music/lovers’ dance.
-etc.
Nothing poetic: bleak reading
of a still bleaker plight.
Poem (piece of writing):
-creative endeavor of songlike speech
-structured emotional evocation
-versed experience
-sensational reading
-etc.
Rhythmless, alarmist sound.
Straightforward labeling
No symbolism profound enough to convey:
We are killing the Earth.
Etcetera.
About the Creator
Jessica McGlaughlin
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
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Outstanding
Excellent work. Looking forward to reading more!
Top insight
Excellent storytelling
Original narrative & well developed characters
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This was so creative and visceral! We are all responsible for the Earth.
Reading this feels like listening to the planet scream. Great work!
So devastatingly true :( Very well put Jess x
Yes we are. Thanks for sharing.