Forests to Deserts

The story about humankind

Features habitats which have declined:

We keep ourselves fed

Clearing forests ahead

And leaving just deserts behind.

Future

One reason to not put off fun

Till a future when work is all done:

It will mess with your mind

As soon as you find

We’re not going to be having one.

Not Being There Yet

We feel the events we foresee

To only a tiny degree;

Beyond hard to believe,

We can’t even conceive

Of how bad it’s going to be.

John Connor

The life that you know is now passed—

Big changes are coming on fast;

It’s just as Mom ranted:

Stuff you take for granted,

It’s just...it’s not gonna last.

Slogans

We’re all dead. Give it up. Say goodbye.

Don’t even bother to try.

It’s all over, my friend.

This is the end.

It’s too late. We’re all going to die.

Why Won’t Anybody Listen?

Talk softly, like normal, or shout,

Most won’t get what you’re talking about

When you tell them we’re through;

Plus, whatever you do,

It won’t change how things will turn out. 

It’s Gonna Get Ugly

We’re not going to bow out with grace;

Instead, the last humans will face

The most depraved, base,

Brutal, horrible place

In the history of the human race.

Fail-Safe

“A lot of lives could be saved if people had a few minutes.”

“On short notice, an alert to a big city would do more harm than good.

All you'd produce is panic.”

—Fail-Safe (1964)

There’s not any fix-it mechanic

Who can stop doom’s disaster titanic;

If dots being connected

Comes too “unexpected,”

All you'd produce is panic.

Fire and Ice

Predictions can be imprecise:

Global warming, nuclear device,

Plus a very long list,

But you get the gist;

“It’s over,” would also suffice.