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March 21, 2017
By Eiref BRONZE, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Oh to break free of this doored-in bubble
To take one step out and finally breathe
At our rate soon there will be just rubble
A dying world soon torn like river Leathe
Coastal communities hit the sorest
Ignorance proven through neglectful vote
Unknown tree falls in the old growth forest
Spoiled the future for a larger bank note
Oceans rising, just thermal expansion
Rumors brought on by a paid-off newgroup
Just a new addition to their mansion
Existence is but a positive feedback loop
An earth choking out, “carbon dioxide!”
They say “it is okay, at least we tried?”

© Caleb W., Newton, MA

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