\nBy Penny Novack\n<\/p>\n
\nThinking to myself, daydreaming as I watch
\nGolden bliss slip into my tea, the thought comes,
\n“How would I describe honey for those
\nWho will never see honey?”\n<\/p>\n
\nJust that suddenly, visions of a world bereft
\nOf honey, of songbirds, of ancient groves
\nTake me and I see:\n<\/p>\n
\nWe have poisoned our children
\nIntent on neater lawns and fewer bugs.
\nWe are excusing ourselves as if
\nWe have no choices, as if
\nEcocide is common sense.\n<\/p>\n
\nWhile we kill our land’s soil,
\nOceans die of our glut.
\nOur guts growl for meat —
\nOur guts growl and rivers die for miles
\nAll that we may consume death —
\nDeath to our waters, death to our land
\nDeath to our air, our skies.\n<\/p>\n
\nSuch death spreads like a nacreous cloud
\nAcross our illusions of business
\nAs usual.\n<\/p>\n
\nWell? Will there be honey?
\nWill there be flowers?
\nWill butterflies grow stingers to feed on
\nlivelier fare?
\nAnd — will frogs and bats all die, all gone?\n<\/p>\n
\nWhat are these visions I cannot stop?
\nHow can you tell me the solution is
\nTo be blind and deaf and numb?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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