SO...
Catch!" calls the Once-ler.
He lets something fall.
"It's a powerful hammer,
to smash the old system, all.
You're in charge of rebuilding this decrepit old town
Into a place where there'll be nary a frown.
A local food system, a co-op to boot,
we'll barter, we'll trade with no natural resources to loot.
We'll share all our profits, build sustainable forests
Then the Truffula trees and the Lorax will flourish!
You must mobilize people, but maybe not all
Not everyone thinks that this system must fall.
Gather your forces, make them grow strong
Give them your tools to prove their foes wrong.
Logic and reason and science and morals
These are the tools to liquidate quarrels!
Someday, perhaps, all the people will see
that greed and growth just shouldn't be
The foundations of human day to day life
They just cause more pain, and hurt and strife
Your new society equal and fair
and based on ideals of earthly care,
will be the model for other struggling nations
who desperately need a new kind of creation.
Speak for the trees, but also the people
who need your voices when theirs are feeble
This world is for everything big and small
Protect it forever, preserve it for all!
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