Monday, December 2, 2019

№ 738: Cursory Post-Cautionary


Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events

The world may already have crossed a series of climate tipping points, according to a stark warning from scientists. This risk is “an existential threat to civilisation”, they say, meaning “we are in a state of planetary emergency”.

ITS TOO LATE BABY (December 1)

Do not sing a song of protest
to the dark'ning sky.
We destroyed the planet
now we're gonna die.

We invented agriculture,
thus began our fall,
rend'ring us a vulture brunch
Sunday at the mall.

Not only can't we help ourselves,
we also can't turn back.
Just watch it all unravel
and then fade to black.

Whether royal or peasant,
whether guy or dame,
worms don't see a difference.
We all taste the same.

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