| Andrei: | Yah kno', sum times I can't tell whether zis dude iz serious er jokin'. |
| Soo: | Perhaps de message is so serious dat humor is used ta make it more approachable. |
| Jules: | [switching accents] The bloke sounds a wee zonkered tah me. |
| Philyra: | Yeah & he treats many problems too glibly. |
| Ellesha: | To me it seems he vacillates between guarded optimism & deep-rooted angst. |
Des here planet shelters meny inebriants
nut murely hyuman boengs
De oceans ar reposatories ov lafe
nut garbuge dumps ar latrunes
Uur forusts ar precoous eco-sestems
nut paper-predating fucktaries
De eir es fell ov vibrince
nut a place fir smykustacks
ta bilch os dey dam pleaze
We unly burrow the rusources areund us
end ure port ov a Great Ricycling.
Ramembaring thes –
shiuldn't wi wulk mare lightle?
Copyright (c) 1997, 2008 by T Newfields. All rights reserved.
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