<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420275" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Stewards of Destruction</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bird was routed from its nest<br>by the growl of a tractor’s roar.<br>Slash and burn, closer it came, <br>a tank in Mankind’s war.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The macaw soon was homeless<br>as its tree was knocked to earth.<br>Slash and burn, some peasants came<br>And hacked for all their worth</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Elsewhere too, the Forest bears<br>brute evidence of man.<br>Slash and burn, the trees are gone<br>Crops planted there by hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some miracle medicinals<br>Are forever lost down there<br>Slash and burn, fates’ wheel turns<br>Homo “sapiens” doesn’t care.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The habitats are dying<br>Their inhabitants are too.<br>Slash and burn, will man cause<br> his own extinction too?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420275" data-title="The Stewards of Destruction de John F. McCullagh" data-description="The bird was routed from its nest by the growl of a tractor’s roar. Slash and burn, closer it came, a tank in Mankind’s war. The macaw soon was homeless as its tree was knocked to earth. Slash and burn, some peasants came And hacked for all ..."></div> </div> </div>

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