Global Warming

so it's true we
shall perish by fire

even the ice of the poles
has shuddered
from the heat

whispered a sad note
and cracked

and slowly it bobs
up and down
reprising another
mankind's ice
cold destiny

humanity
to drown
in a few more
degrees of warmth

the sea refuses
to give way
and the sun
closes in on them
like hell

poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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