Need or Greed

                   We plagued ourselves with notions

                   we poisoned ourselves with potions

                   as we destroyed the forests

                   and the oceans

                   We infected ourselves with wants

                   we diseased ourselves with desires

                   and we let our good intentions

                   stoke the funeral pyres

                   All in the name of personal need

                   we moved forward

                   with a determined greed

                   We killed ourselves with addictions

                   and entertained each other

                   on the dire predictions

                   as if all the bleak forecasts

                   were just some foolish fictions