Notes About The Poem
This poem is a truncated, or shortened, sonnet with 14 lines in iambic trimeter. A normal sonnet features 14 lines in iambic pentameter.
Matters of Global Priority
Man explores outer space
with probes and rocket ships,
whilst here the steep rock face
of wars outstrips the tips
of balance: death, famine,
waste, hunger, crime, disease,
and man's untamed greed worsen
the earth's untold crises.
Why not use the great wealth
of this world for the need
here first, then explore space
at light-speed when we're freed
from what kills the human race?
If not, we'll be replaced!
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