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Thursday, January 16, 2020



The price of vanilla
The price of coffee
The price of rice
The price of oil
The price of liberty
The cost of palm oil and sugar
The cost of clean water
The cost of nuclear power
The cost of missiles
The cost of freedom
The cost of life
The cost of extinction
Tree frogs
Amphibians
Steller's Jays

Varied Thrush
Reptiles
Snow Buntings
Native plants
Lapland Longspurs
Tundra permafrost

Glaciers and icecaps
Oregon Juncos
Woodlands
Puddle ducks
Marshland
Dabbling ducks
Sloughs and ponds
Diving ducks
Shore birds
Plovers
Lakes
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs
Rivers and streams
Herons
Birds
Marsupials
Koalas
Tasmanian tigers
Flying squirrels
Common Loons
Arctic Loons
Rhinoceroses
Right whales
Bengal tigers
Blue whales
Sailfish
Sharks
Black marlin
Seas
Cod fish
Anchovies
Sardines
Oceans
Black-footed ferrets
Kit foxes

Swift foxes
Native grassland
Prairie dogs
Mountain blue birds
Flying by the seat of our pants
Flying like there is no tomorrow
The loss of habitat
The loss of species
The loss of rain forests
The loss of environment
The loss of temperate forests
The loss of birds and animals
The loss of sea life
The loss of coral reefs
The loss of one billion wild Australian creatures
The loss of ozone in the atmosphere
The loss of life
The loss of what is worthy
The loss of democracy
The loss of sovereignty
The loss of freedom
The loss of purity
The loss of personal security
The loss of books
The loss of libraries

The loss of freedom of speech
The loss of knowledge
The loss of wisdom
The loss of innocence
The loss of vitality
The loss of viability
The loss of humanity
The existence of goodness
The existence of poverty
The existence of homelessness
The existence of hatred
The existence of love
The existence of fear
The existence of cruelty
The existence of destruction
The existence of war
The existence of clear cuts
The existence of hardship
The existence of kinship
The existence of dysfunction
People in cities
People in villages
People in below standard housing
People in the streets
People in tents
People in space
People in card board boxes
People in the road
People in the way
People out in the rain and cold
People in war zones
Making bombs
Making tanks and planes and bullets
Making landmines
Making money
Making war
Making love
Making progeny
Making our way in life
Making waves
Making our way in the Universe
Making flags
Making a mess of things
Making plastic
Making disposable everything
Making horror stories
Making frightful moves
Making criminals
Making child molesters and rapists
Making ourselves look greedy and foolish and stupid
Making a travesty of things
Making waste of the world
Making a debacle of life
Making God shake godhead
Making chemicals
Making poison
Making life seem petty and worthless
Making us cry
Making us wring our hands
Making us hold our head in our hands
Making us despair
Making us want to stand up and shout
Making us wonder how
Making us wonder why
Making us bury the innocent dead
Making God wonder why
Making us fall down on our knees
Making us take a hard look at ourselves
Making us pray
Making sense of life
Making sense of death
Making jails and prisons
Taking prisoners
Taking trophies
Taking courage
Taking responsibility
Taking the right path
Taking more than we need
The age of the earth
The age of the moon
The age of the sun
The age of the Universe
The age of man
Having fearlessness
Having valour
Having self-assurance
Having guts
Having morals
Having high standards
Having human rights
Having animal rights
Having the right ideas
Having empathy
Having compassion
Having wisdom
Believing in something
Believing in nothing
Believing in the devil
Believing in religion
Believing in redemption
Believing in salvation

Believing in politics
Going blind
Going deaf
Going heartless
Going mad
Going to extremes
Going into outer space
Going to war
Going insane
Going extinct
Why not love and compassion instead?
Why not open our closed hearts?
Why don't we open our closed eyes?
Why not seek beauty and understanding?
Why not seek harmony and balance?
Why not independence and self reliance?
Why don't we see truth so we stop scratching our stupid heads?





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