I reworked the poem that I wrote for tomorrow's and Saturday's Earth Poets and Musicians performances (see my last blog for info) and thought I'd post the latest version! And, sticking to the subject of environment, I checked into the Pick 'N Save bike rack removal and learned that the old bike rack collapsed. So now Pick 'N Save has the opportunity to install a larger rack, or maybe even two racks, one with a roof overhead for rainy and snowy days.
GLOW BALL WORMING (GLOW LITTLE GLOW WORM, GLIMMER, SIMMER)
Let's cool down the glow of global
Rev up the war on warming
Cool down the glow, rev up the war
Lower the heat, live with less, not more
Lower the heat, lower the heat
Wear a sweater, double socks on the feet
Throw out incandescent
Use bulbs that are fluorescent
Minimize, minimize, don't be a user
Love mother earth, do not abuse her
Is this something we can do
It's up to you, and you and you, andyouandyouandyouandyou
We can't start anew anew, anewanewanewanew
What's done is done, we can't undo
Done is done, can't undo, cannot start anew anew
Let's cool down the glow of global
Rev up the war on warming
We're all in this together
Don't want to die of weather
Each of us has the weapon
Better not to weep but to step in
Try not to take a plane
If there's a bus or train
Try not to use a car
If you can bike that far
Walk walk walk wherever you can
Live your life close to the land
Wash small items in a wash bowl
Use a clothesline when it's not too cold
Eat your dandelions, love your purple clover
Whatever kills them, will also kill Rover
Don't poison the soil, eat organically
Don't grow grass, plant a tree,
Cosmos, coreopsis, zucchini
Lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli
If you don’t grow a garden, at least eat local,
If you care about the earth, at least be vocal
Let the whole world know
We have to cool down the glow.
Is this something we can do
It's up to you, and you and you, andyouandyouandyouandyou
We can't start anew, anew, anewanewanewanew
What's done is done, we can't undo, cannot start anew anew
And you, and I, and I, and you can choose
Ego or eco, ego or eco, if it’s ego, we lose
Egoecoegoecoegoecoegoeco we go we go we go we go
Where we go We’d better know
Ego or eco, ego or eco, the difference is a g or a c
C in eco, C in community
G in ego G in greed
Wanting wanting more than we need
Ego eco a G or a C
And that may determine
Life’s viability
