They say it is wrong
'You live in a glass house'
punching a hole
will only lead to rain.
But science is not their friend.
Do they fear my ballards
to organic free range cow manure
as I fear their chemically enhanced
thrice processed bullshit?
A guy in glasses sang 'give me some truth'.
And if I am right
why can't I trust
the world will see
through monicles of pennies?
The value of life is worth less.
I to buy chocolate (fair trade)
while children die.
I to live (9.7 tonnes a year)
while the poor are drown in my excess.
Hypocrites throw hand polished stones.
Author notes
The guy in glasses is of course the beautiful John Lennon to un-hippy folk. 9.7 tonnes is the average human carbon footprint.
And clearly I feel I shouldn't dislike those people who aren't world savey because even I have taken a plane flight, I've been know to have a nibble of slave sugar products. I've been a hypocrite but at least my stones, once thrown, will be placed back in their original environment.
A contest entry
- come the ones who feel whats not meant to be felt.((WARNING: harsh words are used on this page)) by SignedSincerlyMe.
600 points, ended February 29, 2008, 9 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Does this even make sense?
Comments
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Isn't monicales "monacles"...then again, I misspell everything...
Oh, K8, this should be emblazoned all over the world, to remind people of their enviromental misdeeds...Al Gore should take a leaf from your book and admit to being such a hypocrite...
he goes on and on about the "inconveniant truth", yet drives private jets all around the world for enviromental meetings, and all those carbon coupons or whatever, that he sells to offset emissions...the money goes to HIM...where he spends, I have no clue...but whatever...
You know what would be a great add on to the poem??? That line in your author's notes, it's genius!
"I've been a hypocrite but at least my stones, once thrown, will be placed back in their original environment." it could go right after the line,
"Hypocrites throw hand polished stones." If it seems too long, you could say it like,
"My stones, at least, I try and return" or something...
Leave nothing but footprints...except for carbon footprints..
Nice write! Very aware and goes well with current events...
~Hippie
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I really did consider adding that line on and maybe I will eventually talk myself into it, but I fear it may detract from the admiting of hyprocracy, like I'm a hyprocrite but I'm a good hyprocrite, that almost seems like I'm contridicting my poem. Let me meditate on the words, maybe I can come with a happy medium, as opposed to the unhappy extra small I am, damn op shops and their use of american sizing! In New Zealand sizes I am a small or a medium and then I choose all these lovely op shop clothes I want in size small and they are all kilometres to big for me! I don't care if it makes some people feel good being lied to that they are small, I want my size to be the same in every shop I go to!
End rant.
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ok.
speaking from ahypocrite.
nice write. i myself live with this knowledge.
"i do not hate you because you are you, or because you hate me, i hate you because i see abit of myself that i can not change with in you." (my own quote, steal it and die)
this is an important poem and i like how it is slightly random and abstract in a direct way. good work of art.
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LOVED IT
i loved the message of this entire piece. its amazing. hypocrisies are everyones flaw but it takes a brave person to actually admit that they have this flaw. a great piece, i enjoyed reading it.
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