‘Poppies grow here now.’
‘Nature recovers better than us, I guess.’
‘It’s seen worse.’
‘True.’
‘It has casually wiped away billions of lives, let alone millions.’
‘Doesn’t make this less sad though.’
‘No.’
‘Do you think it cares about us?’
‘Nature?’
‘Yeah.’
‘I think it cares about the imbalance we cause.’
‘Then why does it send us flowers?’
‘Posterity.’
Paddy Dobson
11th November 2020