Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

O, High Priests and Priestesses of Environmental Conservation

High Priests and Priestesses of Environmental Conservation
  My comrades and I hereby present our observations

In light of runaway climate change and glacier-melt
  That among our brothers and sisters is so keenly felt

We see no other course but to revert to our former ways
  For if not, our future will soon dwindle to a matter of days...

Hence, we recommend retiring all motor-powered transportation
  Returning to the trusty burro and steed for all our vehicular needs

A ban we must institute on all electric lights
  Let us restore the wax candle to its rightful place in the night

Last, but not least, an immediate halt to all technological development
  Returning to our native roots, to be one with Nature in envelopment

O, High Priests and Priestesses of Forward Thinking
  Please accept our report ~ knowing that our window for change is shrinking

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Michael Tor August 9, 2022 at 8:14 PM You are so right Gershon. Like Tom you should do a column. Well actually you do. Ha. Well then start charging to read... Gershon Wolf August 9, 2022 at 8:21 PM Gee, awfully nice of you to post such a comment, Michael... If I charged to read this stuff, it'd take all the joy away, I think. Too much like a job. ~ Happily retired

Bill Baker August 9, 2022 at 4:22 PM The Amish are all in, when you starting. We've got quite the lead. The Purtitan are right there with us. Thanks for the survey poem, Gershon A poet friend in Texas. Bill Gershon Wolf August 9, 2022 at 5:32 PM Maybe the Amish will lead the way -- back to a day -- when the infant mortality rate was sky high -- and polio ravaged those who survived. Can't wait. I'd lol, but it hurts too much.

Kim Rodrigues August 9, 2022 at 3:08 PM The candle industry suddenly takes off! Oh how pretty the Christmas trees and the firemen on trust burros just might make it in time for the clam bake! Gershon Wolf August 9, 2022 at 5:31 PM Back to Ayn Rand's 'Anthem,' perhaps. ~ Candle-power

Caren Krutsinger August 8, 2022 at 10:36 PM This is what we will probably never be willing to do "Hence, we recommend retiring all motor-powered transportation Returning to the trusty burro and steed for all our vehicular needs" -it might be too late anyway, sadly. Gershon Wolf August 9, 2022 at 5:33 PM What do you mean, 'too late?' Don Quixote will just dust off his trusty burro and sell AOC some windmills. lol.

Kenneth Cheney August 8, 2022 at 6:09 PM The sad reality is most of the Priests and Priestesses would be lost in a world you write about. Forward we go into our past. I'm ok with the plan. I've lived in homes with no electricity as a youngster and am fairly adept with a good steed. But I'm telling you feeding the steeds without combustion engine help is a ton of work. Gershon Wolf August 9, 2022 at 5:30 PM This was meant as a cruel joke, truth be told; but perhaps the Amish have a point...