Last word

 Last word

This might sound a little absurd

But think the animals will have the last word!

Forget global warming

And nuclear warning

They’re gathering up in their herds.

We’ve built on their habitats

And seen an increase of rats!

The bees are declining

There’s no way to confine them

And now there’s a shortage of bats.

More insects that carry disease,

From far away land on warm breeze;

Drag themselves through the mud

Then feed on our blood

And gorge on their own faeces.

Little creatures we need to maintain,

Now threatening our lives and food chain.

Forget the warheads -

We need our daily bread!

And not to think about the terrains.

We’re losing such rare little birds.

(I’ve heard we’re down to two thirds.)

Instead of a war

We need to explore

And spread more of the good word.

We’re trying to find cures for the ‘flu

And the asteroids kept an eye on too.

We need to convene

The rise of machine

Before they grow and accrue.

The insects will see us all off -

I don’t think we should sit back and scoff!

Our biggest threat

To our existence as yet

They’re something we just can’t turn off.

We know the world is at stake,

On board is the threat of Earthquakes.

Put the politicians together

With their chat and their blether

And the rest to talk over tea and cake.

Copyright Linda Lawrence

11^th August 2017