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Dear Earthlings

Observations from afar

By Leslie WritesPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read
Runner-Up in Epistolary Challenge
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Dear Earthlings,

I find your actions quite confusing

All these resources you are using

Plastics and strip mines and CO2

What the frack is the matter with you?

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Billionaires sold their souls for a buck

Captains of Industry run amuck

Polluting then diluting mistrust

Convincing you plastic straws are suss

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There seems no end to your consumption

Listen to Greta, she’s got gumption

Look out for the trees and the fishes

Things won’t change on mere hopes and wishes

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Where I come from we have a saying

That’s if you are planning on staying

Zergle zim bong zip dong zap zong zeet

Translated means: ‘don’t shit where you eat’

Sincerely,

John Q. Alien

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I'd like to thank Donna Renee for helping me smash my writer's block!

Here are some links to a few organizations helping us clean up our act:

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Leslie Writes

Another struggling millennial. Writing is my creative outlet and stress reliever.

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    Written by Leslie Writes