Underland Poem by jodi glass

the constant pounding of footsteps, caused pain to their delicate ears
and despite being use to constant Richter scale 8, nobody slept easily
7 trillion men, children and women got on with fixing buildings and earning their pay

they harvested, the`many roots that grew
from above and filtered the soil coloured water
to wash their plastic houses
resources were plentiful and nobody starved
and everyone cared about the planet
it wasn't easy, but they managed to party despite the noise

Australia reported on twitter, a strange phenomenon, a
blinding light with an arctic breeze
most took pictures, but didn't really care
and within two days holes appeared in
Europe, Asia and the USA
only then did people scare

panicked, the people of the world
emptied the supermarkets an emptied the
lakes
when the roots disappeared and the water poured in
it took 3 brave women and rigged up ropes
they decided the explore, the holes that took over the news

after a hour o back breaking climbing, the women braced themselves
for the worst
peaking over, they saw nothing but green
as far as the eye could see
and rolling along was an enormous
dark blue digger
holding there breath involuntarily
they let out a scream