What is lost will never be regained
And no-one sheds a tear
Trees come down, a 100 years, in minutes
And no-one sheds a tear
Firewood sold by the tonne
And no-one sheds a tear
Fields covered in concrete, and not one cow
And no-one sheds a tear
Houses cover the fields
And no-one sheds a tear
Streams dry, creeks gone
And no-one sheds a tear
All gone, all forgotten, crowded estates instead
And no-one sheds a tear
Village stores swallowed by big stores
And no-one sheds a tear
Politicians promise all, but people know the truth
For money talks
And no-one sheds a tear
-DON MATTHEWS
Don is an Australian writer who focuses on humour. He runs the ‘Flippant, Comic, and Serious’ website.
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So much truth in this piece. the repetetion works so well too.
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Thanks……
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A very sad state of affairs
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Yes a very sad state of affairs. Greed and money rule the world. Sadly……
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That’s true. No sight of common sense or decency around.
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Don’s poem is simple and straightforward but the issues it addresses are complicated and conveniently ignored. A matter becomes a problem when it’s allowed to, and often that’s the way of us humans. Let it be and then we’ll see – which really doesn’t work when you look at the way the world is progressing. Nature is taking a beating, but rest assured it’ll deliver its revenge as and when required.
Congratulations Don!
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‘Let it be and then we’ll see’ happens all the time……..a dangerous road is left dangerous until someone is killed…….
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Very good Don, a punishing dark humorous poem. Of course some people do shed tears, but by evoking that line it makes the reader question who doesn’t.
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Thanks…….
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Nobody sheds any tears, for the loss of, nature, for the losses of, life, as we are all, getting to, how deaths are, happening, all around us, and, unless it hits us, personally, we don’t, take a, note of, what’s been, lost.
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Greed and money rule the world. Sadly……
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Great post and absolutely true. This continues to happen everywhere and I wonder when it will be so hot because of the lack of trees that people will have to stay in side all winter. We are building bigger and bigger everything and deforestation will affect flooding, water retention in the soil and the amount of clean air we breathe. The flooding now in California due to the fires is now affecting severe mud flow and damage to yards and houses. Greed has a price and that price will continue to rise. Thanks for drawing attention to this Don with you piece.
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Greed and money rule the world. Sadly……..
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So true. 🦋
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This is so true.
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Thanks Cassa…….greed and money rule the world. Sadly……
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