In A Fragile Environment, We Need To

In A Fragile Environment, We Need To Be Aware Of Ourselves As Members Of A Uniquely Powerful Species Living Among Other Species Who Are Quite As Interesting As We Are But Vulnerable To Us Because We Are Cleverer In More Destructive Ways.

But I Can't And Don't Ever Want To Write Bell-yanking Confetti-tossing Hat-throwing Poems.

I'm Ensuring My Place In Heaven.

I Shall Try To Write A Poem That Is About The Moment But Doesn't Betray Things That Are True To Me As A Poet.

I Read ' Treasure Island' For The First Time At University. And I Started To Notice Then How Unresolved Some Things Were. Later, I Realised That Stevenson Was Interested In Sequels, And I Wondered Whether He Would Have Gone Back To It Had He Lived Longer.