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Since it looks as if the last 3 poems I posted got bunched up and cut off, I decided to repost them individually, especially as there are enough new people who've joined this little group since the first time I posted them at least a couple years ago now. Wendy Tebay ------------------------- "P" IS FOR "PESTICIDE" P is for Pesticide. Now what does that mean? Don't go away, It remains to be seen. E is for Earth, Once beautiful and pristine, Teeming with Life Above, Below, and Between. S is for Soil Or is it Soul? Providing the foundation From which life springs. T is for Terra Another term for Earth, While Terra-Form represents Man's need For control o'er her Worth. I is for Inhabit As Gaia evolved over time To accomodate all variety of Life, Not simply One kind. C is for Chemical Both natural and not. Some serve to create and sustain Life, Others do Not. I is for Industry A creator of Wealth, Using and Transforming Earth's resources With little regard for her Health. D is for Disease Natural phenomena become man-made disaster Former diseases of aging now striking Ever younger and faster E is for End Is our time near? Not as long as we fight for What we hold dear. P-E-S-T-I-C-I-D-E The name gives it away. Anti-life is its sole purpose, Over all which it is sprayed. L-I-F-E for ALL Life, Now that is my battle cry. So fight it I must Lest I lie down and die. Since that is no option For One born Wild and Free, This Child of Earth will not be defeated By One such as Thee. *copyright Wendy Tebay