Thursday, July 22, 2021

Fire Season

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: CLIMATE CHANGE


Fire Season

 

The Bootleg Fire feeds itself

With toxic clouds that spew lightning

That sparks dry tinder

That feeds the fire that creates the clouds

That tosses lightning bolts

That spark dry tinder

On and on

 

The Bootleg in Oregon

Is the largest fire in America

Its toxic fumes ride the wind

From the golden west to the east

 

New Yorkers breathe Oregon’s air

 

The Tamarack Fire sparked

South of Lake Tahoe and

Rode the wind across the California line

To the dry barren earth of Nevada

Where there is nothing to stop the flames

Two weeks later it still burns

Without containment or control

 

The morning sun is red

The setting sun is flame

The noon sky is gray with

Smoke and poison clouds

 

This is the world we have created

This is the endowment

We hand our children

This is our legacy

 

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