World On Fire
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- Category: Poetry
- Published: Tuesday, 17 August 2021 06:03
- Written by B.Y. Penman
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the world is
on fire
and still we fight
about
the colour of
our skin
access to clean water
wildfire smoke chokes
our lungs
and still we fight
about
the value of
science
validity of climate change
a virus ravages
humankind
and still we fight
about
the value of
a woman
the right to choose
B.Y. Penman 2020