Art by Olive Jamcracker, age 8
A long time ago, and once upon a time, fourscore and twenty years ago….
There was one hundred acres of mango trees, and a river ran through it filled with shrimps, oysters and clams. Little children waded through the brooks and swung from the branches, and ate mangos and hazlenuts all day long and slept in hammocks high in the treetops. It was, in fact, the proverbial utopia of harmony, that exists only in the imaginations of madmen,and dreamy eyed attention deficit children.
This land would have been mine. However, this land is not mine This land is not yours either, even though they say that this land was made for you and me.
Guess what happened to this land? It’s a garbage dump. Ripe and juicy mangos no longer fall from the trees. Those trees died a very long time ago. Wanna know why?
Because fruit trees won’t grow in toxic waste, of course, everyone knows that, everyone, except my parents. So why did they do it?
Very nice drawing!
You would like to say ignorance except that we are no longer ignorant and still do it. Thought provoking thanks.
Reminds me of the parable of the seed.
Pretty
I love the short sorry because I am a hippy like you.
did this really happen? When I was young I lived near a stream called Field Brook, which was full of trout and bass and pike. By the time I was a teenager, we would run over the bridge that crossed it because it was so foul smelling it scared us. When we swam down river we would get all sorts of rashes. Now it is a superfund site and I have cancer. Go figure.
At first I thought this might be about the mangroves and the way commercial shrimp farming has destroyed those ecosystems in coastal areas of India, etc.
What happened?
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Cool drawing!
Why did they do it? Well, in the beginning they didn’t know any better, and later when they did, it was too costly to do anything about it. Which is a lie, because it is never too costly to do the right thing.
Great story, Clotilda!
Nice drawing
Personalising it makes it hit hard. What will my kids say of me? Especially my son who’s reading over my shoulder right now ….
This reminds me of what I’ve been pondering lately: why do some people (and who are they anyway?!) get to spray chemicals into the sky to try and make it rain, send bombs to explode on the moon, bombard soldiers; my brothers and sisters; with deadly and mind altering chemicals to see what will happen? Isn’t it my sky and my moon and my world too?
I love the drawing and would be curious to hear more of the story!
It seemed like a good idea at the time…?
That is the question. The answer I fear is that our society worships money. Somewhere, when the decisions were being made, they reflected where the dollar amount was higher, regardless of the other consequences.
Love the art.
I can’t say any more words but laugh and go. Agreat write so far!
Toxic wastes aren’t bad for you…there is a decent chance that if you are exposed to them for a long while you may become something like the Hulk…just think strong, dumb, almost invincible, sought after by the army, feared by all, having to protect a world that hates you…never mind…I lose.
Scott
Maybe those mango trees were criminals and deserved to be punished.
(Remember, it’s the quiet ones you gotta watch.)
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Hi Clotilda,
Why indeed. I don’t have children but I would hazard to guess that they didn’t really consider them in their thinking process. “Children? Why they’re only kids. What do they know?!!”
Horrible!!
robin
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You’re parents invented toxic, garbage dumps!
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