Environmental Justice Poem by Mark Heathcote

Development and sustainability
without any question should go hand in hand?
The world with its people, demands stability
a fair-global market, nothing underhand.
Give a living wage, and every child, a school.
Treat no man, dog-like no woman as a maid
weren't we made equal: look at His grandeur
look, isn't there ample—what's the masquerade?

Look for every man there's also a woman
so why's there all this rape and pillaging
the land can't provide any more gold bullion
Haven't you had enough? Stop dispiriting
-every one of us with your warmongering
let's have meaningful relations with neighbours
we've had enough of your scandal-mongering
we all know it's all about scheming payoffs.

Fill their pockets, don't care about tomorrow
I'm just living for today as life was, made
that's the business I'm in, so keep your sorrow
if nothing-else corruption will still pervade
that's the attitude our children are faced with
are raised with and aspire to live I'm afraid.
Hazardous-material is so much, pith
a cleaner, fairer world - it's just a charade.