A Toxic Trance

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I had a dream one species poisoned all the air

Filled it all with smoke

And they didn’t even care

But as Real as it may seem

It Was Just a Dream

I had a dream one species poisoned all the land

Filled it with toxic chemicals

And I just couldn’t understand

But as Real as it may seem

It Was Just a Dream

I had a dream one species poisoned all the water

Polluted it with chemicals

Nothin’ left to drink

When the temperature was hotter

But as Real as it may seem

It Was Just a Dream

I had a dream that I awoke from this dream

And it was just a nightmare

Nothing was as it seemed

What kind of species would destroy their own water?

What kind of species would destroy their own air?

What kind of species would destroy their own land?

As if their own Extinction

Was their grand Master Plan

And then the sun came up

And I awoke with a Scream

I knew that it was True

Everything was as it seems

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This poem was originally published in an anthology available here. It is republished here with the author’s permission.

A book of Brian’s poetry is now available: ‘Empathy Globally: Painful Portraits of People – In Poetry‘

His Page on Facebook bears the same name.

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