{"id":3911,"date":"2018-12-13T10:23:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T09:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2019-02-20T17:53:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:53:15","slug":"we-can-plant-a-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/es\/we-can-plant-a-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"We can plant a seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Poem by Nnimmo Bassey | <a href=\"https:\/\/nnimmobassey.net\/2018\/11\/12\/we-can-plant-a-seed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We can plant a seed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Way back yesterday<br \/>\nIn the glow of nighttime fires<br \/>\nWe sat around steamy bowls<br \/>\nCarving up mounds of foo foo<br \/>\nThen dipping our hands in hot soups<br \/>\nMouths long open await the feast<br \/>\nWith every bite our tongues knew the source<br \/>\nJolly jolly bellies, happy happy hearts<br \/>\nWe danced our way through the night<br \/>\nThese days we line up at the shops<br \/>\nAwaiting junk foods and maybe small chops<br \/>\nBright coloured walls and blinding lights<br \/>\nWe take selfies as we down deadly sodas<br \/>\nWith loud music, we munch and munch but hear no crunch from our plastic foods<\/p>\n<p><em>We can plant a seed<br \/>\nAnd not eat poison <\/em><\/p>\n<p>These days we go to the farm<br \/>\nIt could also be the harvest is next to our homes<br \/>\nStraight bananas<br \/>\nSquared up squash<br \/>\nCassava tubers that don\u2019t ferment<br \/>\nGenetic engineers target our staple crops<br \/>\nEspecially ones grown by women<br \/>\nWith mythic tales they sell lies<br \/>\nCrops kill pests and innocent species<br \/>\nLike their ancestors sold beads, mirrors and whiskies<br \/>\nAnd we are to be excited eating pesticides<br \/>\nAnd wash down with water packed in plastics and served like drugs<\/p>\n<p><em>We can plant a seed<br \/>\nAnd not eat poison <\/em><\/p>\n<p>We live in the city<br \/>\nStreets blocked with cars<br \/>\nEvery piece of land thoroughly cementified<br \/>\nThe Earth is denied rain from the sky<br \/>\nYou want some water, toxic drains send a deluge<br \/>\nWe want some corn?<br \/>\nGo to the shop<br \/>\nYou want vegetables?<br \/>\nGo to the shop<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis food is safe\u201d<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what they say<br \/>\nMade by giant conglomerates<br \/>\nOn the back of imperial neocolonial agencies<br \/>\nBut they cannot even say what they sell<br \/>\nAll they yell<br \/>\nIs \u201cshut up and eat<br \/>\n\u201cAn hungry man has no choice\u201d<br \/>\nGenetically engineered<br \/>\nIsolated from weeds with glyphosate<\/p>\n<p><em>We can plant a seed<br \/>\nAnd not eat poison <\/em><\/p>\n<p>All around us seeds are sprouting<br \/>\nAlong the rivers and streams through our cities<br \/>\nEvery city block long abandoned<br \/>\nDay and night we sow the seeds<br \/>\nMany don\u2019t ask where magical fresh foods emerge<br \/>\nWe labour all day to bring yet nothing to eat<br \/>\nOfficials feed fat on our labours<br \/>\nThen loosen their belts<br \/>\nCall the bulldozers<br \/>\nPull down our dreams<br \/>\nLevel our fields<br \/>\nDestroy our homes<br \/>\n\u201cThis urban space isn\u2019t for rats<br \/>\nGo back to the village unwanted migrants<br \/>\nOur foods are imported, packaged, some Even come as aid\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>We can plant a seed<br \/>\nAnd not eat poison <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The food we eat must not eat us<br \/>\nMother Earth warns: we are all her children<br \/>\nThe plants, the birds, the beasts, the worms, the bees, the butterflies<br \/>\nIn the soil and above the soil<br \/>\nOn the seas and beneath the seas<br \/>\nTrillions of our relatives call to us<br \/>\n\u201cGlobalize the struggle<br \/>\nGlobalize hope!\u201d<br \/>\nGlobalize the people<br \/>\nNot transnational corporations<\/p>\n<p>Resilience<br \/>\nSolidarity<br \/>\nHope<br \/>\nPower<br \/>\nLife<br \/>\nare all in the seed<br \/>\nAnd if we care we can touch the soil<br \/>\nWe can plant a seed<br \/>\nWe can water a plant<br \/>\nWe can nurture life<br \/>\nWe can raise a goat<br \/>\nWe can connect to the soil<br \/>\nAnd allow Mother Earth to feed us all<\/p>\n<p><em>We can plant a seed<br \/>\nAnd not eat poison <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Poem by Nnimmo Bassey | Source We can plant a seed Way back yesterday In the glow of nighttime fires We sat around steamy bowls Carving up mounds of foo foo Then dipping our hands in hot soups Mouths long open await the feast With every bite our tongues knew the source Jolly jolly 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