Mommy
Let's go to the park
And play
I wanna climb that big tree again
Can we, please
I wanna go outside
And run around
Try to catch me if you can
Sorry, Justin
But the tree is gone
All the trees are gone
The park is gone
All the parks are gone
Highways, malls, banks and condos
Shiny glass
Let's go look at their majesty
What? Why?
Well, Justy, the trees don't do any good
We, a-dolts need to make money
And buy stuff
That's how the world works, my dear
But, Mommy, they're no fun
And I don't wanna work
I wanna play
I want my tree
And the birds that sang to me in the tree
And remember the cute babies in the nest in the tree
I was the king of the castle in the tree
I know, my dear
But soon you'll learn
That only money matters
Even if our sanctuaries are gone
We even need to invade countries
And destroy their trees and parks
So we can bring back their resources
It's a-dolt stuff, you won't under-stand
But why don't people come play with me?
Why do adult want to fight and cut down the trees?
And the people in those banks and malls are not very friendly!
They keep asking me for money.
They don't want to share
Like you taught me to do
I don't want all that crap
I want my trees and birds and butterflies and bees and...
But, Justin, we need jobs and money
We even need all these pipelines to ship dirty dirty tar sands "oil"
We can't leave all that crap in the ground
We can make a lot of money
That way we can buy the stuff
We're convinced we need
And the food that we could have grown
Oh, and bottled water, since ours is polluted by the tar sands, cars, pesticides...
I don't under-stand you a-dolts, Mommy
You guys don't know how to play
Or be happy
So what am I supposed to do?
Where can I play, Mommy?
Where can I go that is quiet and dark at night
A place to breathe fresh air
A place to say Hi to my friends
My friends are gone
I'm so sad, Mommy
All I have is my phone to play on
I miss the trees
and the birds
and the butterflies
and the bees
and the frogs
and the spiders
and the running
and the climbing
and the singing
and the talking
and the listening
and the fun
