Humanity plunders the Earth ever
so casually as though its greatness
is inanimate and thus cannot defend
itself. Advantaging ourselves with
looting all that grows above and
relentlessly searching out all that
exists within. And when that great
body upon which we feed strikes back
we retreat in offended astonishment
unprepared to contemplate the source
of our misfortune. As with the endless
digging of wells extracting liquids to
sustain ourselves, the wellheads deep
and offensive to the mantle of Earth.
Just as casually extracting life from
unwary children whose curiosity draws
them too near and when balance fails
gravity steps in and they are no more.
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