Wierd idea for a story...

I'm cross-posting this to

I was cleaning my truck today and heard the song "(Nothing But) Flowers" by the Talking Heads.

It got me to thinking about global warming, climate change, and also the ever increasing pressure from humankind.

What if "Mother Nature" that we've all talked about and anthromophized, really does exist...and is she pissed.

Slowly but surely, the plants and animals start becoming more sentient and more aggressive, slowly thinning out the overpopulation of humans. Plants start aggressively taking over and "reclaiming" parking lots and subdivisions. What would happen if plants started growing faster and within weeks, whole subdivisons were covered in greenery slowly starting to pull apart and pull down the homes and other structures built there.

Would there be a balance or would the Earth revert to a Garden of Eden of plant and animal life undisturbed by humankind?



Here we stand
Like an Adam and an Eve
Waterfalls
The Garden of Eden
Two fools in love
So beautiful and strong
The birds in the trees
Are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs
Cars have run on gasoline
Where, where have they gone?
Now, it's nothing but flowers

There was a factory
Now there are mountains and rivers
you got it, you got it

We caught a rattlesnake
Now we got something for dinner
we got it, we got it

There was a shopping mall
Now it's all covered with flowers
you've got it, you've got it

If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawnmower
you've got it, you've got it

Years ago
I was an angry young man
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong

Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
you got it, you got it

This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
you got it, you got it

I miss the honky tonks,
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
you got it, you got it

And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
you got it, you got it

I dream of cherry pies,
Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
you got it, you got it

We used to microwave
Now we just eat nuts and berries
you got it, you got it

This was a discount store,
Now it's turned into a cornfield
you got it, you got it

Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle.