the conceit of all this growing
is measured by the way
the balance sheet is showing
the profits of dismay
the ideality of reasoning
the invention of a need
the corporate understanding
and just where that does lead
the disregard of environments
the abandonment of the whole
complete discrimination
of every living soul
enlightenment and insight
was there for all to feel
but profit was the motive
the rest they did conceal
an ignorance of nature
and how it came to be
unidentified and unclassified
unchartered actually
the sanity of all of this
lost in the mists of time
a prophecy of danger
threatening the line
a courier may have come forth
affirming what we thought
the forest was an army
and in its midst we caught
wind of ugly goings on
the chain saw and the rest
the violence that came with it all
the poet does detest
it was exaggeration
prevarication too
most were disingenuous
what they were going to do
insidious behaviour
guileful in a way
that tore the heart out of the forest
and then went on their way
the light had left
the water not precious anymore
the jungle was a tangle
and the litter on the floor
rich with leaves all rotting
composting to create
a medium of life thereafter
which was really great
but skulduggery was evident
there were profits to be made
we kind of all were ambushed
by the Palm oil Trade
cheap as chips and high yields
duped so many were
defrauded by the tricksters
who didn’t even stir
the forest took a beating
the trees were soon torn down
their pungency and forcefulness
enthused into the down
a crushing really vivid
a vulgarity in fact
as the history of growing
showed how we should react
the elegance and dignity
gave way for dark excess
the oil palm brought its shadows
but no one dared confess
they just had to be resolute
for profits were to be
rising like the froth on wort
that seldom people see
a wickedness aforethought
many souls would die
the orangutan the tapir
the tiger followed by
the elephant and others
even the chimpanzee
across the many continents
where the palm oil could be
destructive to the forests
distressing to us all
we got the ultimatum
our backs against the wall
they lied to us by telling us
the oil was good and true
infact it was their profits
and their pursuit of it all through
and now so many victims
including might I say
the indigenous and the others
who see the light of day
the corporates have counted
and extended useage to
almost every path thats known
to man including you
it has been instrumental
in destruction everywhere
the life and soul is lost I think
and we have such despair
the natural euilibrium
was just gambled away
of very great importance
to those players I should say