Another cycle
Has come and past
As we await our salvation
From ourselves.
Depending
Where one lives
We're either frying
Under extreme heat
Like a plump sausage
As Australia is.
Or frozen solid
Like bland tasteless tv dinners
Brutally experienced
By most North Americans
In the dyng moments
Of January 2019.
While we continue
To argue
Seating arrangement.
Our cruise ship sinks
Ever deeper
Into the deadly waters
Of global warming.
Elected governments
Vaingloriously proclaim
Their destructive intentions
To the environment
For a fast dollar
Or two.
In their shortsighted greed
Appeasing financial
And political supporters
Whose bank accounts
They now feed.
Turning a willful blind eye
To the physical evidence
As various species
Of plants and animals
Become extinct.
Some cases
Overnight.
What point
Do we realize
Our actions are
Killing us
Ever so slowly.
Is it too late
As the planetary lungs
Are recklessly harvested
For another hectare
Of short-term pasture land.
Else
Latest slash and burn victim
Feeding western society
Growing dietary demands
For plant-based foods.
Knowing
Once destroyed
We can never replace
These global lungs.
Therisa © 2019
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