Wildfire in Mourne Mts. of County Down, N. Ireland, as seen from Newcastle this weekend. (Sky News) nobody’s gluing themselves
to the gates of the power plant nobody’s invading the endowment office, demanding divestment nobody’s monkey-wrenching nobody’s packing the county commission meetings, demanding a halt to urban sprawl nobody’s packing the city commission meetings, demanding a comprehensive climate adaptation plan (but it endorsed the green new deal -- it right there in black and white, on paper) we grade papers, pursue hobbies, shuttle kids or volunteer at food pantries or shelters -- who was it said we like the past better than the present? none of us — none of us -- can afford to believe any of this is happening, except in the future. & one day, we’ll forget the time when it wasn’t “it is what it is” -- 10 humans killed by glacier collapse & avalanche in himalayas, even as water’s running out & crops fail; drought & crop failures in kurdistan record hi april temp in hong kong record hi april temp in n. marianas is. taiwan frantically drilling wells to offset drought brazil cuts enviro budget again; reservoirs drying up in mexico wildfires in arizona, sichuan, all over britain; in co. down, n. ireland (mourne mts. look like “volcanoes exploding,” sez the m.p.) nobody’s reporting on all this, not in kansas, u.s.a., anyhow (why would they?) nobody can figure out what to do nobody can handle it nobody will fix it nobody always has
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I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |