Insanities
1.
Perhaps we are but parasites
upon the face of this old earth
who, now and then, reacts
destroying quite a lot of us
It seems insane
that we should want
to aid her in her task.
2.
If I like you and you like me
why is it that we can't agree
to differ?
To kill for all the paltry reasons
people trot out plausibly
is such a waste of life.
Insanity indeed.
3.
All of us fear what we don't understand
- just watch a dog or a cat -
but that's no reason to kill the thing.
What kind of madness is that?
4.
We put our cats and dogs to sleep
when they're too sick to survive
so why are we so intent on keeping
suffering folk alive?
We insist the terminally ill should live
while healthy babies are killed;
this is the kind of insanity
that leaves my spirit chilled.
5.
Human life is sacred or so the laws decree
what makes us so special? Because we have superior
communication skills we really reckon ourselves
we lord it over everything and think we can call the shots.
A kind of megalomania?