we haven't seen much
of moisture or such
for years here on the parched prairie
we struggle to get by
under the dry sky
the threat of wildfire is scary
the world's supposed caretakers
try to hire rainmakers
after blaming climate change on Tom, Dick, and Harry
corporations don't give a fig
about prairie dog or wild pig
as their ill-advised actions they bury
"blame it on La Niña," they say
as they point the attention away
from the toxins their manufacturing spreads from dairy to eyrie
who cares if we lose the prairie?
it's a place nobody wants to tarry
yet what's happening should make everyone wary
~Ornery Owl Has Spoken~
prompts used
Write a struggle poem. Portions of the Western United States have been struggling with extreme drought for several years.
The line about rainmakers references the movie Rainmaker.
The instructions:
"Choose some fuzzy topic to define. [Life, community, love, distraction, death, racism, god, whatever suits you at the moment] Define it by indirection."
I think I did this. Maybe. Sort of. The topic is climate change.
I may also share this poem with the Earthweal open link this weekend. Possibly.
I often find video game soundtracks to be great background music for writing.
Here's the link in case you can't see the player.
https://odysee.com/@GamingAmbience:6/destiny-2-mars-dynamo-approach:2?r=GTwnGJ4fFBQfzuJgpHVpfKBKaC9b8B16
