Written after co-facilitating a workshop session on sustainability during an expert conference of the Dutch Governmental Agency: Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries.
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We can not oversee
What happens oversea
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We can not know
What it is like – to be
One of the last one’s in the row
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We, at least, me
Those born in privilege
Can only begin
To imagine
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To breathe fumes
To swallow dirt
To wander in waste
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Only imagine
And realize
Most of us
Would run away in haste
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Most of us
Would like, for
Things to be different
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Life to be better
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More resilient
More adaptive
More stable
More healthy
Humans
In Earth
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We cannot oversee
What happens oversea
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We cannot know
What it is like – to be
One of the last once in the row
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Way more than
Half of us
Lives well below
The bottom line
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And contrary to what
Some of us may think
This – is – not – fine
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This can not continue
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This is what we all
Contribute to and do
Cannot continue
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This is not what
Life is meant for
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This – in essence
Just isn’t true
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