On the first day
the earth was stripped of coal,
the trees were burnt
for the good of the future.
A future that humans
will not inhabit.
On the second day
the last of the farmed animals
were eaten
and in a meat frenzy
every other land walker:
cats, tapirs, porcupines.
On the third day
the oceans and lakes were drained
the rivers dredged
ending and eating all marine life,
waterway fowl and fish.
Narrowboats were grounded.
On the fourth day
most realised that
consuming life and fuel
did not make them feel more alive
but had begun to make them dead
from the inside too.
On the fifth day
the dawn chorus was silenced.
Roast starlings and poached magpie.
Blue tits and wrens were loud
annoyances too small to snack on
so beaks were tied tight with teethed tags.
On the sixth day
the last humans were tied too.
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