Brace For Impact
Global warming is happening now,
it's not some kind of Chinese cash cow.
Our low-lying coastlines are flooding
and can't be saved: we lack the know-how.
Many people are going to die
as oceans rise to an all-time high.
And we need to brace for its impact,
for a worldwide climate change is nigh.
As starvation and disease increase,
looters will be shot by the police.
And countries will fight for resources;
thereby thwarting any chance for peace.
We're no longer able to prevent,
nor slow down this climatic event.
Cash can't stop the inevitable:
it could have, but that coin has been spent.
We will face this crisis together,
bound to Earth: we share the same tether.
And there's no point in assigning blame:
no one is immune to the weather.
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