Who’s free? Are trees free? Can’t pick up their roots and run away.
Wave a chainsaw at a tree, all it can do is tremble, if it’s an aspen.
Probably it’s planks will all get screwed.
But you don’t know what it’s thinking. It’s not bugged by MI5.
Sap’s seldom tapped, except for sweets and rubber.
Doesn’t delete a hundred spams a day, saying it needs a blue pill to get wood.
Are kittens free? They have to suck teat and do tricks for treats,
pretend they’re only playing when they brutally torture birds.
But kittens don’t get up at 7 o clock, and cram the underground with a million stinky bundles
of sweaty fur. They keep their Mission Statement to themselves.
Are ducks free? They have to follow the first thing that they see,
which can be fatal if it’s a Tesco truck. Luck’s not being
wrapped in cellophane, with a small square pack of orange flavored sauce.
But ducks can fly off. Handy things, wings, and you don’t see ducks
hanging around King’s Cross. Got all the weed they need back at the pond.
The Earth’s not free. She’s been our, ‘all you can eat for cheap’ buffet.
Melting like an ice cube on the tube.
Countries are burning, atmosphere is turning into lace.
But Earth has another face. With fire and flood
she can steam clean our stain from her party dress,
and go to the ball again- without us.
Earth can be free.
A pity kittens, ducks, trees, you and me, may not be around to see.
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