RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL WARMING
The Great Northwest Flood
A torrent from the heavens
Tears through the Great Northwest
From Mount Olympus down to Pullman
The dams and rivers crest
From the Skagit to the Skokomish
All the rivers overrun
The people have one Christmas wish
That this nightmare is done
For now they are in crisis mode
They’re scrambling for their lives
They’ve lived enough to know the code
They know how to survive
But this one hit them stronger
Than most every storm before
Each time it takes them longer
To recover and restore
We all know it is the warming
That brings this kind of rain
The hurricanes and storming
Our structures under strain
We can’t go on pretending
The warming is not here
Deflecting and defending
There is no cause for fear
So do whatever you can do
To get ready for the next one
For we know this much is true:
It gets worse before it’s done
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