Hey guys! Grace Nask here with Day 19 of the April Challenge. Today we have Another Stupid Environmental Poem, a poem (of course) for middle grade and above. It's about the effects our current lifestyle have on the planet. So let's get to it!
Another Stupid Environmental Poem
By: Grace Nask
They were given a seed to plant, not because
Of their own merits, but because there was no one else.
This seed was one of a kind. No seed like it
Ever existed before, and none ever will
Again. They were told to take good care of it.
And in the beginning
They did.
. They planted it in the soil, gave it water, and waited.
In a few months, it grew into a tree.
That tree produced the best fruit, sweet and juicy. It was
Enough to provide for the families. But food
Wasn’t enough for them.
They also wanted to make a profit.
“What can we sell off this tree?” they wondered.
So they stripped off the bark and made money.
They poured out the sap and made money.
They cut off the branches and made money.
They ground up the leaves and made
More and more money.
Soon, they were rich from the
Destruction of the tree.
But in their haste,
They’d forgotten to take care of its beautiful seed.
In no time at all, the tree shriveled up
And died.
In the same time that they were rich they became
Poor, to the point where they didn’t have anything to eat.
But they didn’t despair. “We can find a new seed to harvest.
And if not, we will be given a new one,” they declared.
And they tried. Oh, how they tried. But no other seed
Could provide food for the whole family, much less
Make a profit. And as they began to perish, they waited
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