The New World
“What happened to the original inhabitants of this planet?” my daughter asked.
“We left the Old World after it became too polluted and when we arrived at this New World it was a verdant paradise with an indigenous population. They helped us survive the first few years by providing food and shelter. Once we built up our settlements we took their lands, as we needed the resources. We moved their survivors onto reserves where they mostly died out from sickness and disease. They’re gone now.”
We both looked out onto the now crowded skyline of skyscrapers and hazy skies.
Joanne Fisher
This was written with the prompt Old World provided by Carrot Ranch’s August 22 Flash Fiction Challenge.
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©2019 Joanne Fisher
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Why does that sound familiar?
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Don’t think of it as air pollution. We can rebrand it as “extra chunky nitrogen/oxygen”…
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How about “Air enriched with carbon”?
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I LIKE it. It sounds like something you should have to pay more for…
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Actually I’m surprised the Trump administration hasn’t tried to use carbon enriched air
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Actually I’m surprised the Trump administration hasn’t tried to use “carbon enriched air” in their attempts to allow more industrial waste into the environment.
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Sounds like what we did to the native Americans.
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Wow, American history in 99 words.
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Sounds so true of so many places. Well done.
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Thanks
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The age-old problem with seeking new resources. Populations flourish and resources deplete. Seems that living in balance is more sustainable, but then the conquerers come along and take over.
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The story of ‘Civilization’! Sigh!
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