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THE AIR I BREATH
by John W Townsend → (All Poetry by John W Townsend)
Tuesday, September 26, 2017    Rated "PG13" by the Author.
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A cynical look at the issues surrounding our planet.


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Without instruction

we respond

breath as we need

what is unseen.

Give no thought

to its existence

believe yes trust

without question.

That unseen

unquestionable air

is transparent

tis everywhere,

yet I ponder

for how long

with mankinds

incessant damage

with their enviromental wrongs.

Oh I trust the next

gasp of air

though after that

maybe less will be there,

maybe in time

it will be in aerosols

that we may purchase

to save our souls.

The price is high

too high shout the rich

the poor are expendable

more air for us

if they did not exist.

So it is

they spray the air

let chemicals fall

everywhere,

the everyday Joe

he falls ill

slowly yes slowly

they begin their cull.

Do I trust

the air I breath

maybe I should

wear a mask.


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 Reviews of "THE AIR I BREATH"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on October 7, 2017
WE CAN ONLY LIVE EACH DAY TRUSTING GOD FOR EVERYTHING! AND THAT INCLUDES FOR EVERY BREATH WE TAKE. WE REALLY HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR OVER HERE IN AMERICA BECASE IN SOME COUNTRIES THE SMOG IS SO BAD EVERYONE ACTUALLY HAS TO WEAR MASKS! PUSH THE FAITH, JOHN AND THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 27, 2017
Food has always been at risk. So has water. Foolish people who buy bottled water at great cost don't know that they are adding a tremendous load of pollution to the environment by doing so. And air may soon be sold as being pure through some type of plastic bottle that holds compressed air, exotic gases, or oxygen as paranoia increases about the air and entrepreneurs jump on the bandwagon getting their share of the profits.

Your poem is so right. We are now very trusting people in our infrastructure providing us with food, clean water and air. What is happening in Puerto Rico is a good example of losing the first two. And, how the loss of electricity affects almost everything else and our dependence upon air-conditioning to keep cool in warm climates like there now becomes life-threatening when up until 50 years ago there wasn't any air conditioning anywhere.

Ron

Reviewed by Susanne Leist
Reviewed on September 26, 2017
Paranoia rules the day. Darwin's survival of the fittest has turned into a nightmare of limited air for the world's inhabitants. If this should ever happen, I hope I'm not living on earth anymore. A hell created from our selfishness.


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