{"id":237,"date":"2011-12-25T08:34:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T16:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conniepwll.com\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2011-12-25T08:34:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T16:34:44","slug":"videos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deephum.com\/?page_id=237","title":{"rendered":"Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disposable People in a Throwaway World\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gUwBFtMg7gw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Disposable People, In a Throwaway World<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Disposable People<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> In a Throwaway World<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <em>by Connie Pwll Walck Tyler <\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Dedicated to the memory of Andrea Lewis of KPFA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Planets dance around their orbits<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Comets fly through space<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Stars explode with shattering flame<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Born anew they wax and wane<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It\u2019s all relative they say.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Even if the earth dies<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Melting away \u2018til it\u2019s dry,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Stars will be alive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And yet, and yet,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I cannot reconcile<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The life of one small child.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When rainfall drops by forty percent in Darfur<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Drought and famine lead to massacre.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Add the minerals for I-Pods,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Blackberries and more<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Bringing more conflict and civil war.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Disposable people in a throw away world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Collateral damage is the word we use.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Death of innocents in war.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But there is another war we wage<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Where collateral damage is the rage.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> War for profits for the few.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s all related, don\u2019t you know?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Buying stuff, selling stuff, takes a toll.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> What we\u2019ve sold is our soul.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We\u2019ve sold our soul.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And yet, and yet,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I really don\u2019t want to see<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The death of the Maldives.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Thirty-nine nations,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Island nations<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Swept away by the sea.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s all related, don\u2019t you know?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Buying stuff, selling stuff, takes a toll.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> What we\u2019ve sold is our soul.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We\u2019ve sold our soul.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Eleven thousand people live in Tuvalu.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> No major industry.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Little carbon pollution.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Living the way we all should.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> What did they ever do?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But the seas wash higher,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The seas grow warmer,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Cyclones grow fiercer<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Every year.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It won\u2019t be long<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Before they disappear,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Like Lohachara,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Gone now.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Lohachara,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Lohachara<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Musical sound.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lohachara has drowned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Planets dance around their orbits<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Comets fly through space<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Stars explode with shattering flame<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Born anew they wax and wane<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It\u2019s all relative they say<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Even if the earth dies,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Melting away \u2018til it\u2019s dry,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Stars will be alive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019ve sold our soul.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Disposable People, In a Throwaway World Disposable People In a Throwaway World by Connie Pwll Walck Tyler Dedicated to the memory of Andrea Lewis of KPFA Planets dance around their orbits Comets fly through space Stars explode with shattering flame Born anew they wax and wane It\u2019s all relative they say. 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