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#WritcoPoemPrompt36
Rising oceans,
A warming globe,
Savage storms,
A warning foretold...

no man made disaster has ever been more bold
and all the while we paint the scene
expansionistic oil field greed green
wasn't an elective for that I don't believe
and no one educated us, or informed us of the possibilities, no Google map search speaks the harsher realities
lands far from our screaming sensitivity are still smoldering
too far from wandering eyes to see, forgetful you and me.
and while we talk, and postulate, it's an obvious act
global warming smacks of politics, the left,right wing, lobbyists lie about beauricrats, news media blitzer bash
where...