All I want to do

Is sit under a tree

And write poems

But I have to

Go to work

And pay the bills

And put out the bins

And do the washing

And read the news

And share the post

And sign the petition

And save the world

And do the washing up.

I have to mend my shoes

And darn my socks

And put out the recycling

And write to my MP

And stop the destruction of the planet

And do the washing

Do the washing up.

And save the bees

And end extinction

And wash the bins

And change some minds

And share some hope

And plant some seeds

And do the washing up.

I have to mend the world

And clean some minds

And stop the post

And put out the destruction

And hang up the washing

And save the recycling

And clean out my MP

And pay the bees

And write to work

And stop some mind

And plant some change

And darn the news

And be the change that saves the planet

And work to stop the end

And destroy the extinction that puts out the bees

And plant the change to mend the new planet

And write the destruction to stop the end of minds

And plant the new bees that work to save the world

And hang the washing up.

And all I want to do

Is sit under a tree

And write a poem

And hang the washing up.