Because of our stupidity,
we, i.e. humanity,
will become extinct
sooner than we think.

Gone for good
all our bad
but also
all our good,

e.g. poetry
of the British Isles:

Why did
John Agard,

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of Canterbury, Aeneas Francon Williams, Aeronwy Thomas, Afra Atiq, Afshan d’Souza-Lodhi, Agnes Bulmer, Agnes Lyon, Ahsan Akbar, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Áine Ní Ghlinn, Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal, Al Alvarez, Alan Baker, Alan Bold, Alan Brownjohn, Alan Gillis, Alan Hodge, Alan Jackson, Alan Jenkins, Alan Riach, Alan Sillitoe, Alan Spence, Alaric Alexander Watts, Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, Alasdair Gray, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, Alasdair Maclean, Alasdair Paterson, Alastair McIntosh, Alastair Reid, Alec Finlay, Aleister Crowley, Alex Grant, Alexander Anderson, Alexander Arbuthnot, Alexander Bald, Alexander Balfour, Alexander Barclay, Alexander Brome, Alexander Garden, Alexander Geddes, Alexander George Craig, Alexander Gray, Alexander Hume, Alexander McLachlan, Alexander Montgomerie, Alexander Ross, Alexander Scott, Alexander Smith, Alexander Tait, Alfred Austin, Alfred Bate Richards, Alfred Beesley, Alfred Domett, Alfred Hayes, Alfred Noyes, Alfred Williams, Alice Gray Jones, 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and Benjamin Zephaniah,
amongst others,
even bother?

But what particularly gives me the pip
is there was precious little point
in writing this
either.

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