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    The Inter-Galactic Greenie
    The Inter-Galactic Greenie
    The Inter-Galactic Greenie
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    The Inter-Galactic Greenie

    By Janet Meade

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    A poem, somewhat light-hearted, that asks, "Is there any-one out there?" After all, we need all the help we can get!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJanet Meade
    Release dateFeb 27, 2015
    ISBN9781310652493
    The Inter-Galactic Greenie
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    Janet Meade

    I was born and raised in the suburbs of Melbourne, but my love of the Australian bush is part of the reason I now live beyond the fringes of the city. I have two daughters and a son (who all grew up one day when I blinked) but I haven't been able to consider having another pet since Spud died. We live in a community affected by the Black Saturday bushfires. You have to look for the silver linings - but my son doesn't agree with me that the destruction of his childhood plastic-crap collection falls into that category. When I hear of another community, somewhere in the world, that has been affected by yet another extreme natural disaster (symptomatic of our damaged climate) my heart bleeds for them.

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