poetry

I

Growth proliferates — demanding

degrading, derailing, deficient

destroying, degenerating, detonating

demineralising

depressing.

Degrowth devolves — deconstructs

decentralises, deinstitutionalises, decolonises

dematerialises, demilitarises and

decommodifies.

Degrowth defuses

and designs.

Decide destination degrowth.

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