TAKE CARE OF THE YANGTZE RIVER

Here's a poem:

Take care of the Yangtze River

Rivers are beautiful

Or so they

But whenever I see one,

It looks as if it had decayed

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The Yangtze River particularly

Held many species insecurely

But now, one of the species are gone

It was as if they have been withdrawn

 

What am I speaking of?

The Baiji Dolphin of course

Although there are some other species that are close to remorse

 

“Who would do that?” You might say

Although it’s pretty obvious like the light of the day

It was our fault from the very beginning

Yet we all denied it, and kept on singing

 

We ignored every single cry from the earth

And pounded on it like it had no worth

Yet the world received no rebirth

So we took it for granted and gave it our worst

 

Although the Yangtze River wasn’t the only one

That got polluted daily until it was done,

We still shot a river with a gun

And looked at it with all of our shuns

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Come on people

Open your eyes

There are rivers here

That are important to our lives

 

They support wildlife

And carry freshwater

But we still see them

As something that is no broader

 

What will happen to the Yangtze River?

Who can say

But until then, I guess I’ll have to pray

Pray that one day people will understand

That what we are doing should definitely be banned