Small bungalows make wayFor majestic skyscrapers tallRooftop gardens replaceTrees that invariably fall.Narrow lanes becomeRoads sixty feet wideTo achieve 'development'Much is shovelled aside.A plot housing fifty peopleNow has five hundred moreThe affluent newcomersWant all amenities in store.We lose what nature offersNatural resources are so fewOnce planet's bounty is usedWhat's left to sustain or renew?.When coal and electricity goNo appliance works any moreHow many will be fit enoughTo walk up to the fiftieth floor?.Fossil fuel will be exhaustedNothing left to dig or findArtificial intelligence will live onNo need to think or mind...For riots to get food and waterWe better practice and prepareBegin by using only the stairsAnd live on hope and thin air
