Crickets
It was not a weather event,
there were no celebrities involved,
besides all our efforts were bent on saving the planet
from global change,
the environment; what's that?
No one mentioned the derailment.
No one knew about the 'controlled' burn,
the explosion, the toxic clouds,
the dead fish in the creek,
the consequences -
all the ticking timebombs.
No one thought to ask:
Hey guys are you okay?
Crickets chirped on.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2023
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