Day: June 29, 2019

maybe we need look
at all that plastic
as just so much
nautical bric-a-brac

what climate change
these rising seas
are a realty upswing
more ocean-front opportunities

it’s certainly not like the world
will just collapse
and abruptly come
to an instantaneous end

what’s all this foolish fuss
about momentary issues

but is it all folderol
are the issues momentary
are the issues solvable

we need to be more lucid
in our creative thinking
we need to tackle this
with some genuine derring-do

too many just pontificate
nag annoyingly about their opinion

yes — we need to think more green
but — we need to think more clearly
everyone need not be so damned smug

all the extreme doom-sayers
also the foolhardy naysayers
each with their slanted
and sadly sometimes manipulated
statistical analysis
or their too-often staged photo-ops
conceived to prove their point

all these conflicting facts
and images
pointing out the slipshod conduct
by the other

it’s like special interest hokey pokey
each side putting their whole self in
to try to put the other’s whole self out
while each side fist pumps furiously
to their righteous
self-serving viewpoints

not suggesting every group
slink off demurely
or lollipop their issues
to downplay urgency

and yet — we must all avoid
being snookered
rendering our important decision making
dangerously misguided
and we must avoid
being spoon-fed bitter blancmange

we must all use
a smidgen of thought
of informed common sense
avoid the operatic trumpeting
of self-serving zealots

the world needs knowledgeable
responsible individuals
making truly informed
genuinely useful decisions
about our precious environment

each of us must
research
read
and realize the problems

think

then react
effectively

respecting
and rescuing
this rare miracle
that is our earth