Climate Change
David J Walker
I
A teacher we know
died suddenly
or so
it seemed
and
It seemed
as if it were
a dream
unfulfilled
The climate in schools
Is changing
II
Forecasters gathered
in convocations
and manifestations
to explain away
a rainy day
that never came
predictions changed
the next day
anyway
the climate of clouds
is changing
III
I remember the promises
made
at the rallies and
and debates
by candidates
who can’t wait
to give back
give or take
factor X
the climate of politics
is changing
IV
We are expanding
said the astronomer
but people disbanding
listened to
their astrologer
because they say they preferred
the mystic word from
those who
would tell them
what they wanted
to hear
for a hundred dollars
a session
the climate of the universe
is changing
when a man loves a woman
is how the song goes
it's the start of an equation
how I will hopefully show
man is factor x
yet a man in love is x1
a child in his thoughts
brings it up to c4? a son
the missing link
in this saga is w2
so off he goes to a dance
hoping that W2 will find him too
so what have we got
let's lay it out on the floor
we have x1 + w2 -c4
sure you know the score.
something his missing
this equation doesn't add up
guess it's factor y
let's take a look
X1+W2 (Y} = C4
the missing factor you can see
is Y which stands for !ove,
hope you agree
penned 10/3/2016
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