laying asphalt
a long and winding road
toward eruption
With all the lack of care
consumerists can muster
skyward plumes
subterranean ash falls
along our path
But what do we care when there’s
so much more to make our own
last lava flow
extinction
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Nice lines: “With all the lack of care
consumerists can muster”
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Thanks, Frank! 🙂
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People plow and plunder forward Frank, with little concern for consequence.
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Too true, Rob. And we will weep when we finally experience those consequences in full. Thanks!
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I like the formatting of this, Frank. The content is the bell tolling for us.
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Indeed, Jade! Thanks! 😀
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You are welcome 🙂
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Mostly we really do not care, do we?
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No, we don’t. We’re too busy consuming resources and calling that living.
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The last lava flowing is hard to imagine…but we might be going there at the rate we are indifferent and not doing anything.
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Indeed, Grace. And our utter apathy is our ultimate tragedy. Thanks!
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The Earth’s hiccups could be our demise!
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Our own unchecked exploitation of the Earth certainly will be. Thanks! 😀
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My favorite stanza is the first. You really set the stage for the rest of the poem. Well done Frank!
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Thanks, Linda! 😀
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Shop till you drop is the new religion… and the road leads directly to hell in the way I have understood the bible.
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The last lava to flow is a chilling thought. I like the formatting of this poem, Frank.
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