{"id":13107,"date":"2019-10-10T10:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/because-there-is-no-planet-b\/"},"modified":"2019-10-10T10:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:23:11","slug":"because-there-is-no-planet-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/because-there-is-no-planet-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Because There Is No Planet B"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Because There Is No Planet B<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

by Sally Flint<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

WE MARCH<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

to the square, as if we might clear<\/span><\/p>\n

the atmosphere’s carbon overload<\/span><\/p>\n

by shouting:\u00a0\u00a0It’s not too late.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

WE MARCH<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

past banks, Costas, the plastic filled<\/span><\/p>\n

pound shop, and a new vegan restaurant<\/span><\/p>\n

where waiters call out:\u00a0Our boss says go join!<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

WE MARCH<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

to the homeless guys’ slow hand claps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another sign:\u00a0I’m a teacher missing<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

my maths class.\u00a0<\/i>A boy blows a trumpet,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

a wide-eyed toddler on her father’s shoulders<\/span><\/p>\n

points to the press cameras and police.<\/span><\/p>\n

WE MARCH<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

in a quaking snake\u00a0\u2012\u00a0flank motorists,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

some beep in support, others stay grim-faced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never did the sky seem so clear to this sea of people<\/span><\/p>\n

behind a grey-haired woman’s banner:\u00a0Fuck Capitalist<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Heroes*: We’re in this Together.\u00a0<\/i>A small city of thousands,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

uniting with millions who know it’s through human pollution<\/span><\/p>\n

WE MARCH<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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