Got Game

From the north silently it comes down the river,
invisible, radioactive, combining with *acid rain.
Nuclear power, cheap energy, a cancer giver
and all we love will end, if we don't chose to refrain.

So fueled by greed, we chew up the earth for coal to burn,
blackening the skies and butchering the mountain side,
all so that we can drive SUV's with total unconcern,
laughing at the third world, on the globe, we stand astride.

The black-outs, *brown-outs, oh the anarchy of light's blight
creating a sickly yellow miasma's where few stars shine.
And cities of cave dwellers who never see the night,
turn shades of puce and pink by neon lights malign.

Soon, I'm sure, we'll redefine the nature of what's pure,
and Seri's *app will tell what game to eat ...and the cure.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012



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Date: 10/20/2012 9:46:00 PM
I love your masterpiece! Congratulations on your well-deserved win my dear Deb! love/hugs:)LG
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Date: 10/18/2012 2:48:00 PM
Phenomenal. What else can I say? LOL. You know me... I could talk and talk and talk. I was delighted to discover this was YOU! One of the bonuses of discovering who wrote what after the judging... though, your voice is here... lovely voice you have Bet.... hugs and love from Dee
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Date: 10/18/2012 11:05:00 AM
Congrats on your winning work..Sara
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Date: 10/18/2012 8:15:00 AM
Proud to share with you Debbi. Great subject and deliverance. Love, Joyce
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Date: 10/18/2012 7:50:00 AM
A wonderfully modern sonnet. You are a master poet. Congratulations.
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Date: 10/18/2012 7:40:00 AM
I enjoyed reading this poem. The message therein is biting
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Date: 10/18/2012 6:53:00 AM
CONGRATS DEBBIE ON A SPLENDID WRITE AND WIN LUV .. TOP NOTCH CALIBER PIECE OF CREATIVE WORK.
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Date: 10/18/2012 6:25:00 AM
Congratulations on your 2nd place win in Cyndi's contest Debbie. Love, Carol XXXX
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Date: 10/17/2012 10:42:00 PM
congrats on your win ...splendid
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Date: 9/30/2012 12:30:00 PM
Good write. Everything you say is true. In 1994 - In a town near where we lived my husband and i were coming home, when all of a sudden the sky turned black and the trafic was moving very slowly. All this black stuff was falling from the sky, on our cars, our homes and on ourselves. A refinery had exploded. We got a little money for tha, but not enough. Have a great day. Lucy
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Date: 9/29/2012 8:38:00 AM
well said!
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Date: 9/28/2012 8:45:00 PM
I think we should be exporting clean energy technology to the third world countries. Clean, renewable energy sources are vital to all economies. Conservation has to go hand in hand with technology. Reguardless of my position, your position was competently and artfully stated. I enjoyed your environmental opine!
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