Photo: smithsonianmag.com The surface of Mars.
The irony is, but of course, that there are plans to colonise Mars at enormous cost to study its physical qualities, albeit, why it is uninhabitable. One of my private and sobering fantasies, is that we were already there and have wrecked it!
Not Finished
Like gluttons
we landed in paradise
and stripped it bare,
then we spied another
called earth,
we’re not finished yet
but we’re nearly done.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Yes, we are nearly done . . . sadly we don’t seem to care.
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I wish it were otherwise.
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A sad path we are on. Very well expressed.
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Thank you Heather
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A pleasure.
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That may be.. reminds me of an old bumper sticker here in the PNW. Earth First—we can log the other planets later. That is the way of the world.
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Yes, the way it is, sadly.
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Yes, almost done, depressingly.
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Yes, wish it were otherwise.
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Sad reality.
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Yes, in reality a crisis, but not that politicians would know.
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True.
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ooh like the bite in this one!
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Sadly true, and we’ve just elected to go back to the 1950s, so coal again, unbelievable. Thank you Kate.
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if that was the only tragedy we wouldn’t be so bad off … 😦
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Well 1950s Menzies and Co. thinking was pretty much every nightmare I can conceive for the modern world coming to grips with justice, race and environment, plus Morrison has played the “religious” card 🤮 arghhh
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ouch, can tell I don’t follow the news, that’s ugly 😦
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I like your theory about Mars. Yes, we’ve finally made it to the last inhabitable planet and we’re doing our best to destroy it. We live in a paradise here in America, but too many of us don’t appreciate it or care about what will be left for future generations. All the farm land in our area is being consumed by housing developers. First, they cut down all the trees…. Too many government officials and corporate decision makers have no regard for nature or how humans depend upon it for our survival.
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Yes, we’re doing slightly better, but coal and uranium mining is an issue and forestry, and looking to India and China along with Northern Europe who are pushing rapidly into renewables, it shows we are so far behind.
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Paul, this one really packs a punch.
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…we’re nearly done. So sad and frightening.
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Absolutely Amy.
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Truth be told
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Sadly, but it is urgent.
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This is a very powerful poem, Paul.
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Thank you LuAnne, if only it weren’t so
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Interesting thoughts all of them.
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Thank you Jade
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For sure. 😿
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Yes, very sad.
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I hadn’t thought of that. I was thinking of signing up for a Mars expedition, but I decided that would still be too many people.
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🙂 indeed, I like Michael’s comment – let’s send the politicians instead 🙂
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🙂
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that is not as far fetched as it may seem, i feel humans destroy more than they create, we are bent on conquering not edifying
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Yes, sadly so Gina, I think the same, we are struggling to break through the dominance I fear.
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and manipulation
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yes
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What about sending at first our politicans to build a government there. They are the experts. If its all read we can decide heading over too. 😉 Best wishes, Michael
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Yes, I have the same thinking Michael, that would reduce the stupidity here too! Best Wishes – Paul 🙂
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Powerful.
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Many thanks for that. 🙂
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Well said!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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My pleasure!
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Astute – last two lines sum it up precisely.
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Sadly so VJ, and thank you.
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welcome
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A great verse and a clever preconception.
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Very much appreciated, thank you.
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Good one, Paul! Tragically true. Not enough are waking up and caring.
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No, we need more collective action now to make a dint in the crisis.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks Charles
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You are so welcome! Always happy to share your posts with followers!!
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🙂
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Wow love this poem – intriguing theory – I hadn’t thought of it that way but yes I wonder – totally agree
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Sad if true – thank you.
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Don’t give up hope! Did you ever see the vid series with Lynne Twist and Deepak Chopra at the Human Forum? It’s so inspiring. There are four vids. First is here: https://youtu.be/qhfTyraUwas
“All the chaos, all the destruction, all the degradation, all the social injustice, that’s the nutritive soup. That’s the nutritive soup that’s being born of the dying carcass of the old paradigm. And we are the imaginal cells and there are many imaginal cells all over the world. And now we have the means to connect with each other and create that critical mass so that the butterfly can be born.” (2:52, Part 4).
The poets, writers, teachers, voices that reach beyond on our mind — we’re the imaginal cells that tell the story of this birth. We write the next step together.
♥.
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True, there is hope. Thank you for taking time to provide the link and for reflecting on this, much appreciated. I have seen the trailer for Leonardo DiCaprio’s sponsored doc. That also looks good. What frustrates me is that it is so simple to do positive things, but more need to jump in.
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You’re very welcome. If you want the notes to those vids, I can send those. I have the link on ServiceSpace.org — I hope you really enjoy. I often visit your poetry and like it very much. It’s nice to “meet” you in comments today! ♥.
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Yes the notes would be helpful, and thanks again.
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Here you go! =)
https://www.servicespace.org/blog/view.php?id=16285
♥.
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Many thanks for that.
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You’re very welcome. ♥.
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I liked the concept of your poem but remain optimistic. Destruction still outstrips creation, but there are creative forces; there are improvements; there are people, such as yourself, trying to make us more aware.
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Yes I hold to hope too, thank for reflecting and sharing.
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