Earth’s spit-polished veneer chipped away

            Without skin we cannot live

                        Sea levels rise coastlines retreat

                                    Overflowing glacial teardrops flooding basins

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                                    Spitfire core molten anima meltdown

                        Crust scraped like burnt toast

            Streaming butter sugary cinnamon sprinkles

Teapot spout letting off steam

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Wanton destruction of lonesome planet

            Diminishing water supplies agricultural clashes

                        Recycled excuses uprooted windswept soil

                                    Heat waves droughts tempestuous extremes

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                                    Smoothing wrinkles soothing battle scars

                        Plump wrathful grapes sun-dried sultanas

            Twisted clinging vines seedless clusters

Early hoarfrost siege strip searched

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Climate change shattering glass greenhouses

            Scorned thunderbolt fury lightning rage

                        Flash floods clear as mudslides

                                    Tornados funneling disaster homeless refugees

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                                    Nothing remains behind thin-skinned masque

                        Groovy slits baiting nebulous void

            Bipolar pointless compass run amok

Desperate humanimal instinct leaking out

PoeArtry by: Charles Frederickson & Saknarin Chinayote

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