The Orangutan and suburbia ( there’s a message if we dare to see it)

In many ways this

picture shows up the human race

shows us up for what we are

how sadly the great pace

of living has depressed us

our alleyways are dark

we are lost in all of it

everywhere lies stark

all  because we are wishy washy

really we can’t see

but plonk an orangutan in that picture

and then of course they be

so representative, of paradise

that once  upon a time was there

the green trees and the lovely flowers

and a place we all could share

a world so full of colour

pictures of somewhere nice

packed with life and oxygen

but we now settle for strife

for inner city mayhem

contagion and the rest

prostitution

and unsanitary conditions

which at best

show us really

how we have

alloswed ourselves to be

manipulated by the corporate world

and now what we see

are  orangutan’s their

wondrous hue

of red sticks out a mile

it  brightens up the dingy

alleys

perhaps for a  short while

we see now

just how basic

and dreadful now where we live

the basic frills are

dustbin spills

and rats

which kind of give

the place a hint of colour

but basically we spoil

every natural thing we touch

we even spoil the soil

fill it full of chemicals

and watch erosion come

the human being

was not all seeing

he is in fact quite numb

his lungs are full of carbon

his blood is full up too

he’s sick and he is ailing

and doesn’t know what to do

the forests all are torn down

for oil palm and the rest

rate and cobras

frequent

nothing is now blessed

the corporates run the world today

the people are their slaves

the organutan’s are memories

and there are many graves

the planet itself is reeling

the cities are below

the soil that was fracked to misery

as most of you may know