Vincent Lowry's Blog - Posts Tagged "our-future-in-numbers"

Look to the near future and see our multiplication problem
It isn't hard
If you still don't see it, look in the past and it will become clearer
1 billion to 2 billion
2 billion to 4 billion
It isn't a numerical issue previous generations had to deal with, and perhaps that isn't fair
But they had different challenges, so casting stones isn't wise or useful
We simply have to address that this equation cannot continue
That 1 home has only so much room
And 7 billion, as I currently write this poem, is already a tight fit
Don't believe me?
Just ask the others we've shown out the door of our house
They cannot speak for themselves,
but their decreasing numbers shout loud enough to be heard (especially the zeros)

(C) 2011 by Vincent Lowry