A new poem by Miriama Gemmell.

Converngaro #156

Wairua: Would the climate crisis be resolved if Papatūānuku had personhood status?

Mauri: Āna!

Hinengaro: Imagine law change so every manufacturer has to be carbon neutral and has to provide recycling services for their packaging.

Mauri: And stockists are accountable for their imports.

Wairua: And laws prohibit water pollution beyond some pre-industrial level.

Hinengaro: Meat would cost a shit load.

Mauri: Meat should cost a shit load, for the fresh water and land use for feed it requires.

Wairua: Imagine seeing Papatūānuku’s name in the news like she’s real.

Mauri: She is real.

Wairua: Winning court cases, smashing out new regulations, all while literally making life possible.

Hinengaro: I wish I was that high functioning.

Mauri: You probably need more iron for that.

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