Dear Mrs Planet
Dear Mrs Planet, you know we’re just chimpanzees
Who think we’re very clever.
So help us if you please,
Because we think we’ll live forever.
We think the oceans are an infinite resource
That we can fish and fish;
That we can take what we want by force
And do anything we wish.
But you know Mrs Planet,
How deluded we can be
Consuming like a greedy gannet,
And failing to agree.
But please Mrs Planet,
Remember it was you who created us.
Please don’t have a hissy fit
And kick us off the bus.
We’ll plant lots of trees
And not spray all the land
With toxic chemicals.
We’ll try to get them banned.
We’ll try our very hardest
To be so very good
And behave with intelligence
Like we know we should.
I’m writing Mrs Planet,
To apologise.
Please Mrs Planet,
Open our eyes and make us wise.
Opher 18.7.2020