Once upon a time
a beautiful story
who become a sordid history,
a horror story.
Once upon a time
a magical place
who become a squalid,
an awful place.
Fishermen happy
children happy
lake fish
source of life.
And then there was one day,
business,
consumer society,
greed
ecological disaster,
an eco-system destroyed
a voracious
high feed
the rich, the overfed,
throwing food
who buy to buy,
eat again and again.
Then there was
Fishermen evicted,
their starving children
power, wealth triumphant
the death of children,
evanescence of Hope
the decline of life,
the shame of the wealthy.
View Sauper film,
"Darwin's Nightmare".