It's a Gas

Gas crisis and smog emissions
Coal war economy
Urban sprawl
Forcing rural withdrawal
While cutting down the trees.

Gas prices and tax submissions
Political parody
Fly to the moon
Live within a cocoon
But this trip will not be free.

Before technical transitions
Sublime ecology
Now it’s ride on a horse
With a meter of course
To measure flatulency.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Dietrich Avatar
August 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Good to find an oldie I've not seen. Awesome last verse
Austin Avatar
August 22, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Bummer! Not the poem, the measurement. Next they will have coin slots on fire plugs. You be de one. Love, daver
Ludden Avatar
August 5, 2012 at 3:56 PM
Clever exploration of the homonym. Enjoyed, Michelle
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