tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10809764268766948702011-07-31T02:22:58.283-07:00Jane Airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16830855801882772727noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080976426876694870.post-18726032598259295832008-07-26T12:42:00.000-07:002010-11-26T02:00:04.099-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9kiS-5OA8c4/Sy5Mhm_JaiI/AAAAAAAABsA/EPyH5u7v1QM/s1600-h/Foto+sun+text.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417351542058084898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 371px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9kiS-5OA8c4/Sy5Mhm_JaiI/AAAAAAAABsA/EPyH5u7v1QM/s400/Foto+sun+text.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9kiS-5OA8c4/Syfda386NJI/AAAAAAAABqw/XOH6Aj9hYGI/s1600-h/Foto+sun+hot.jpg"></a><div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"><strong>The Climate Timebomb</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#000000;">Click<br />The climate time bomb ticks<br />The earth is falling sick<br />Tock<br />With temperatures both<br />Hot, cold and bold<br />Tick<br />Fever hot<br />A candle too hot to handle<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000000;">Tock<br />Or icy cold<br />The wick blown out<br />Tick<br />By storms<br />That have become the norm<br />Tock<br />Its symptoms get more bold<br />As its resources are sold<br />Tick<br />There is nothing in place to stop<br />Rainforests from getting the chop<br />Chop<br />For fields of logs to be shopped<br />For yields of soya to be cropped<br />Tick<br />CO2 can no longer be mopped<br />By the lungs of the earth ( already chopped )<br />Tock<br />Temperatures soar<br />Forever higher to cap a new score<br />Tick<br />Melting icecaps<br />Into a rising sea shore<br />Tock<br />Forests that do still exist will rage and roar<br />As fire spontaneously ignites forest floors<br />Tick<br />Oceans will become aflame<br />With methane<br />Tock<br />While forests and oceans burn<br />We have reached the point of no return<br />Tick<br />The world accelerates<br />With runaway global warming<br />Tock<br />Where is the brake ?<br />Before we all bake ?<br />Tick<br />Stuck inside the conglomerate commercial gluepot<br />The world has now become<br />Tock<br />Our enemy isn’t the sun<br />But our very own egos - overrun<br />Tick<br />For life is fought like a contest to be won<br />Taught to look out for number one<br />Tock<br />Never mind the next generations to come<br />Tick<br />The climate time bomb ticks<br />It won’t be long before it… </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Stops</span></span><strong><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></strong></span></span></div></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://authorsden.com/janeair"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">http://authorsden.com/janeair</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><br />For more poetry </span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://jane-air.co.uk/"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">http://jane-air.co.uk</span></a></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1080976426876694870-1872603259825929583?l=climatetimebomb.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jane Airhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16830855801882772727noreply@blogger.com0