A Bright Future?

How I wonder what you're worth.

Chopping forests by the score,

Soon we won't have any more.

Twinkle, Twinkle, planet fair,

What is happening in your air?

Acid rain and airborne lead,

Pretty soon we'll all be dead.

Twinkle, Twinkle, on the sea,

Floating oil and foul debris,

Sewage floating by the shore,

Killing bathers by the score.

Twinkle, Twinkle, planet blue,

Animals are going too,

Chemicals and pesticides,

Causing deaths and suicides.

Twinkle, Twinkle, disco star,

Getting noisier by the bar,

Concorde's roar and jumbo jet,

And it's getting noisier yet.

Twinkle, Twinkle, earthly light,

Glowing brightly in the night.

Caesium, plutonium,

Radon and uranium.

Twinkle, Twinkle, in the sky,

Watch the cruising missiles fly.

Fire a laser, drop a bomb,

Now all the pollution's gone!

By

Andrew Dawson aged 12