"Death, thou art mean"

"Death, thou art mean" 

Dr Abe V Rotor

Death of palm trees - millions of them on one Palm Sunday throughout 
Christendom, exacerbating poverty and destroying the balance
 of the environment

Death of land productivity: Spent soil caked by drought and continuous cropping.  
San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur

Death of a seashore: Illegal squatting on the seashore in the guise of tourism
 Matabungcay, Batangas

Death of consciousness: Mallard Duck gleaning on a pond - a tetrapack! 
San Mateo, Rizal

Death of wildlife: Orangutan perched on a ledge - no escape.

Death of simple devotion: Excessive candle offerings result in pollution, 
fire hazard, and emission of toxic fumes, waste of energy notwithstanding.
Manaoag, Pangasinan

Death of an agoho tree killed by unscrupulous pruning is
now crowned with ferns and mushrooms - symbol of death.

Death of cleanliness and orderliness: Trapped rainwater breeds 
dengue-carrying mosquitoes.

Death in the guise of technology: Transmission towers emit radiation 
deleterious to health and environment in heavily populated areas 
in Metro Manila.

Death of a camphor tree - aftermath of

Typhoon Ondoy in 2009. UST Manila

Death, thou art mean;
you come with Diogenes,
a lamp in the daylight
amid quests of greatness,
when light is seen only
in the glitter of gold
and in the genius of man,   
then creep surreptitiously 
late in the night.  avr