it wont be long now it wont be long
man is making deserts of the earth
it wont be long now
before man will have it used up
so that nothing but ants
and centipedes and scorpions
can find a living on it

Don Marquis

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Topic

Environmental destruction

Author

Don Marquis

Source

What the Ants are Saying

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Humorist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Marquis, Donald. "What the Ants are Saying." Archy Does His Part. The Evening Sun, c. 1935.

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Anaïs Nin

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Topic
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Author

Anaïs Nin
Source
Journals of Anaïs Nin
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Nin, Anaïs. "October, 1937." The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. 2, 1934–1939, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1967.