When Deniers Stoke the Fires
When we start off
one rarely realizes
all the true scientific
downstream consequences
of our original acts
When we hear the key
click in the car's ignition
we know it revs up
the entirety of the
auto industry complex
When we go out
to the grocery and
we pick up dozens
of pretty plastic packages
this vaults the massive
merchandise market forward
When deniers proudly posit
Climate Change is cyclical
and can correct itself
then they claim that only
they see absolute answers
proofs of holy writs and works
just as science seems so
godless in their minds
When each misguided decision
begets further derision
begging rationalized conclusions
bringing on dire resolutions
When denial shrewdly spreads
it tortures the truth
basic beliefs get gleefully tossed
so human is our concern
we truly never do learn
that denial can be final
When intellectual infractions
can't weather weak actions
are actually appalling
to the masses befalling
those who huddle and muddle
trembling in their fears
When plunderers are parading
as species are fading
while insidiously invading
our innocence ever near
When putting denial on trial
cautious whispers little hissings
crossing corridors of debate
truth continually comes too late
a well-hidden worn word
is the one least often heard
hence hard logic gets slurred
woefully ends in the absurd
Copyright © Greg Gaul | Year Posted 2022
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