Arts for the 21st Century

Amazon Villanelle

As the Amazon burns, my love, my words

choke on the morsels of a world in strife.

The knife, my love, Bolsonaro is burning logs.

 

Grab your Stop & Shop bags, the price

we pay for a rump of beef, my love, we pay

for melting ice caps and oceans rise.

 

My love, we dimly shop at Stop & Shop

for Brazilian beef, nuts, and Amazon soy.

Amidst the red dancing flames, I vow

 

to renew our vows to love earth, love life?

The knife, my love, Bolsonaro is burning logs.

Drunken spectres are revelling for a world in strife.

 

My love, the price we pay for a juicy rump,

and grande cups of matcha latte with soy.

We cheer for more green spaces, our boy

 

already a naturalist with green thumbs;

he also loves sinking his teeth into Brazilian meat.

As the Amazon burns, my love, my words

choke on the morsels of a starved world.