Get up and stand on your own defeat
It’s 2025, and cultural trends are pointing towards a diminution of Earth Day, biodiversity, and diversity in general. With trade wars, microplastics, disinformation, and the erosion of democratic institutions, it’s easy to get lost in the muddle. But when apocalyptic scenarios make me dizzy, I prefer to meditate on better times, on the salad days of human history. So in the spirit of anthropological nostalgia, here’s a short poem for the planet.
Savannah Monologues
History taught us to cross the savannah
To chisel the flint and to peel the banana
To crush other hominids bluntly in battle
And flatten the forest to fatten the cattle
We journeyed through steady then swift evolution
Achieving what many would call a solution
And grasped every hot and cold running utility
Thereby consigning the source to futility
Believing that we were a species of masters
How could we possibly foster disasters?
We learned to subdue every threat and adversity
Finally endangering biodiversity
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