Emile Pinet Poet Acrostic

The Fire Rages On

The Amazon jungle is on fire.
Hot, dry weather fuels the flames;
Earth's biological lungs are burning out of control.

Fires number in the tens of thousands;
Irresponsible officials and ranchers share the blame.
Removing the forest is the established goal of
Exporters of beef: exploiting Brazil's indigenous farmers.

Reacting to this global crisis,
Aid, in the form of foreign water bombers and volunteers, would
Give farmers a fighting chance to extinguish the flames;
Except Brazil's government is refusing help from other countries to
Save what's left of the jungle, for political reasons.

Our planet's in peril; every fifth breath of oxygen
Naturally comes from the Amazon, and when it's gone, what then?

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Tom Cunningham August 28, 2019 at 12:26 PM Greed and a total disregard for the problems that will surface because of it. As you say Emile the rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen. Man will cause his own destruction and every other life form on earth. Well written acrostic. Tom

Kim Rodrigues August 28, 2019 at 9:19 AM Ablaze with planetary matters! While some are on fire with care some extinguish the flames in an unconscionable manner!