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Forest Management | One Trillion Trees and Wildfire Irony

By 30 September 2020July 28th, 2026No Comments1 min read
photo by annie spratt-unsplash

Forest Management

A sharp short poem about wildfire, human carelessness and the uneasy promises made in response to environmental destruction.

ants foraging through crispy crevices.
that numbskull who flicked his cigarette walking.
now Joan is bawling for her neighbourhood burned.
sorry you lost your possessions.
you didn’t lose your life.
you’ll be glad to know:
from today, a trillion trees are to be planted –
by 2023 – he said.


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