Frogs float in a saucepan
Giggling at the bubbles
Ignorant in increments
Gum-flappers on CSPAN
Twaddling ideologues
Impotent in dependence
Polar bears strand themselves
On frozen funeral shelves
As the arctic circle melts
Facebook narcissism
Deepening the schism
Between the faceless billions
Unwired, unwitting, hired
(For cheap but not for keeps)
So artificial revenue
Growth unfettered can continue
Leaping greatly forward,
Nevermind us waking from
This Somnium Americana,
Uneasy with extremes
We dream of tropic paradigms
And hot springs hoping
Not to stir this slumber
While the numbers bear the tidings
To our coast-along habit.
Assume blind justice serves us later,
Last, or not at all (the end's always
Depending on your means)
Please just assimilate us faster
In this melting (boiling) pot
Of man's self-made disaster.
Now there's a graphic analogy - we are so clever, aren't we?
ReplyDeleteWho, us? :) For the comments, thanks as always! I've had a few run-ins with deniers recently. Got my back up.
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