Dear Philip,
How can you be so cynical? They worked so hard on GM crops with the sole aim
of easing hunger in the Third World.......not!
Good poem, great message.
Kind regards,
grasshopper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Burton"
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: new submission: the runaway train
the runaway train
the modified crops came over the hill
and they knew, they knew
the modified crops came over the hill
and they knew, they knew
The modified crops came over the hill
disease resistant and marketable
and they knew, knew, knew, knew, knew
predictable yields and pests so few
they knew, they knew
predictable yields and pests so few
they knew, they knew
predictable yields and pests so few
ecology can go and stew
and they knew, knew, knew, knew, knew
they triggered a gene for sterile seed
and they knew, they knew
they triggered a gene for sterile seed
and they knew, they knew
investing a seed with a sterile gene
is tantamount to a money machine
and they knew, knew, knew, knew, knew
the following year we're digging deep
and they knew, they knew
the following year we're digging deep
and they knew, they knew
the following year we're digging deep
their seed-corn now will not come cheap
as they knew, knew, knew, knew, knew
we're in the pockets of company men
and they knew, they knew
we're in the pockets of company men
and they knew, they knew
we're in the pockets of company men
capitulate and where's the end?
and they knew, knew, knew, knew, knew
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