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nikujagagirl
nikujagagirl

One earth for sale!

#opussweeklychallenge One earth for sale. One earth for sale. One rotten and dirty old earth for sale. Where you have to go inside to get any fresh air. It's falling apart but no one really cares.

24 4 83 words
paintingskies
paintingskies

For Sale: Earth, $0.10

#opussweeklychallenge This ain't your average yard sale, kids, We've got something new in store. You're sitting on it, It's all around you, Would you like to know more.

18 6 238 words
letslive1959
letslive1959

Animals

Why do we think we're more important than animals.

18 16 198 words
patdolan83
patdolan83

No Conscience

#projecthumanity. (One swear word, again). If it wasn't for me. And it wasn't for you. If it was for all. The things that we do. If it wasn't for I. If it wasn't for us. If it wasn't for all.

18 4 100 words
lostindystopia
lostindystopia

We'll Be Gone.

We’re so self-important. So arrogant. Everybody’s going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save the snails. And the supreme arrogance. Save the planet.

10 1 155 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Out Of Sight

Out of sight and out of your minds. Some chase rainbows in the night. Oil spillage contaminates the trees. A weeping willow cracks as it bleeds. Out of sight and out of your minds.

20 6 180 words
Latrodectus
Latrodectus

Tracing The Cracks

This old wooden frame painted in gold cracking and splitting without being told The picture inside Is of a young man An entrepreneur In a suit quite grand His top hat presses Against the frame...

6 0 106 words
Latrodectus
Latrodectus

How Bad Can Possibly I Be...

The Once-Ler. The "Villainous" character from the Lorax. But how bad really is the Once-Ler.

4 0 320 words
HeatherAnne
HeatherAnne

They Won't Last.

Humans are a cancer, An illness, sick - a rash, A race beholding others, Uncaring of backlash.

62 5 133 words
awesomeanchovy
awesomeanchovy

The Electric Travel Ecomyth

The electric car. This will undoubtably bring to mind the hero to vanquish the great villain that is CO2. But has any one actually bothered to check whether it is doing any good.

8 0 140 words
nakedisnotenough
nakedisnotenough

London

Air that costs too much, You pan from eye to eye trying to find the truth. We all rush on her to take our hand, she buckles beneath us like a lame horse under a fat child.

30 5 111 words
justin_norman
justin_norman

The Bypass

A local town needs a bypass, it wants a bypass. The roads are gridlocked, growth is hindered. The issue has periodically raised it's head for a generation.

2 3 703 words