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Amir Murtaza Mar 24
For years, the voices have risenโ€”
from parched fields, from coastlines swallowed by the sea,
from homes turned to ruins by winds too fierce to be natural.

They ask not for mercy,
but for what is owedโ€”
a recognition, a reckoning.

In glass towers and conference halls,
the wealthy nations turn away,
their signatures missing from promises long made,
their hands gripping wealth built on a burning planet.

Storms rage louder now,
waves crash higher,
droughts stretch longer,
but still, they hesitate.

The ones who suffer know the weight of inaction,
measured in lost harvests, displaced families,
children breathing in the dust of what once was home.

And yet, there is hopeโ€”
a whisper in the winds,
a trembling in the roots,
a gathering of voices that refuse to be silenced.

This is not charity.
It is justice.
It is the past catching up with the present,
demanding to be acknowledged.

There is no more time for debate.
No room for delay.
The debt must be paid.
Before the earth takes it in blood.
Amir Murtaza Feb 11
We should save our land
We should save mother nature
We must save it today
Else, it will be past the point of no return.

We have to tell our children
Who are our future.

Global warming is crushing the earth
Rising temperature can slaughter the plants and animals.

To control the temperature of the earth
We have to teach our children
Don't use plastic bags.

Plastic bags are really handy
But they are polluting our environment.
inkedsolace Jan 18
It's -35 degrees where I am,
Snowing blizzards that block up roads,
Grumbling adults surround me,
I marvel at their ignorance as they say,
"surely...not another snow day,"
It's so strange, surreal - surely they can see...?
I see a planet defiant in the face of the parasite called humanity.
I am always elated when the snow comes.
To me it's a reminder that we aren't completely hopeless...though we will be if we don't change. Even with the threat of annexation and tariffs (guess where I'm from!), the part I'm most scared about is Trump withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement which is basically guaranteed unless he somehow forgets.
inkedsolace Jan 12
...when I found out that coal power plant ash produces more uranium, toxic chemicals and heavy metals than nuclear power plants.
for anyone who wants to learn more:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2022-003567_EN.html#:~:text=Studies%20show%20that%20ash%20from,than%20a%20nuclear%20power%20plant.
TR3F1LD Dec 2024
As far as I know, the scope of humankind's problems doesn't decrease, overall (somewhere this or that situation improves, while somewhere it becomes worse). There's a galore of sociopolitical problems, also there are environmental ones. While the world human population is already somewhat above 8 billion (8 **** billion) & keeps growing (due to the majority of the most sentient species' members mindlessly reproducing, regardless of their financial situation, genome, & ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ other ๐—™๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฆ that ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐—•๐—˜๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—•๐—˜๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ... ๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐——-๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐——; but who the hell gives a ****, right?). ๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ฌ & ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—— ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ are ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ (๐—ฅ ๐—œ ๐—ฆ ๐—˜). As it was mentioned by me in a note to one of my recent rhyme pieces, ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—ช๐—œ๐——๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—— ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿด๐Ÿณ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฏ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ (according to data published on ocindex.net). It's now 2025 approaching. You think the situation has improved? ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐——๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ง ๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—จ๐—ฃ. For 72 countries with the total human population of more than 2.3 billion, last June-August period became the hottest since at least 1970 (according to info published here: climatecentral.org/report/people-exposed-to-climate-change-june-august-2024). This ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š is, as it's known, ๐—›๐—จ๐— ๐—”๐—ก-๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐——. ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ of it is, as it's known, carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the atmosphere from emissions caused by the burning of ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—จ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ.

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—–๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐— ๐—ฆ & ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—•๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š are those of high & ruling social classes. In other words, ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฌ. It's the wealthy that form & control a sociopolitical course the most. Most mobsters belong to the wealthy. It's the wealthy that consume more than the rest & cause the most CO2-containing fossil fuel emissions. All of the wealthy are corrupt to different degrees. Now, there's a good question to ask yourself: being the main causers of & contributors to all those problems, ๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—™๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง?! A wicked good question keeping in mind that it's mostly unprivileged & way less corrupt people who are affected by both sociopolitical problems & the global warming caused by the corrupt wealthy. That's unacceptable, it's wrong to accept that. There's an option on how to decrease/slow down sociopolitical problems & the global warming. It's simple as rhyme schemes of most writers of pop & trap lyrics, but not in terms of how to reach the proposed. I don't see a better option of fixing the status quo than to get rid of as much of the corrupt wealthy as possible by both legal means &, if legal ones are blocked or ineffective due to governmental corruption, forcible ones. I don't mean everyone of the wealthy should be targeted, only ones that contribute to injustice more than do something good to society or its individual members. The groups of ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐—ช๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฌ ๐—•๐—˜๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—™๐—œ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—— (in my view): ๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—›๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ & ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฅ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ, ๐— ๐—ข๐—•๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ, ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—™๐—จ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—•๐—•๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ.

I know what humanists & pacifists may say. Something like: "Yes, they're corrupt, but they are still humans, they have human rights. It's wrong to get rid of or put pressure on anyone by forcible means. Blah-blah-blah". On which, some would retort that it's justifiable to get rid of or put pressure on them by forcible means. (I'm not sure about some types of agents of authoritarian regimes & fossil fuel lobbyists, but) the majority of the former & mobsters deserve to be dealt with by forcible means, for they contribute to injustice, including by means of force, not being forced by their social situation to do so. There are justifiable wrongdoings (necessary/lesser evil) & unjustifiable ones. A food theft committed by a person dying from starvation, or a ****** of a murderer committed by a person in retribution for their significant other murdered by the very murderer are examples of justifiable wrongdoings. There's nothing like that when it comes to the afore-mentioned groups of the corrupt wealthy. The best justification of their contribution to injustice they have is that they do it to maintain & preserve their wealth & to survive physically under a corrupt system they're parts of. That's a wicked lame justification. They should never have become a part of a corrupt system in the first place. Contributors to injustice must face consequences of their actions. In other words, ยซ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜๐——ยป.

If whatever legal means to punish the afore-mentioned corrupt wealthy are blocked or ineffective due to governmental corruption, all anti-authoritarian-minded adult people in fine fettle should ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—” ๐—–๐—จ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ง๐—›๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—”๐——'๐—ฆ blood-shedding ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ recently or, as it was more than once mentioned by me, ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ being expert assassins, ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐— ๐—–๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ, ๐—๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก "๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐——" ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐——, ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—œ๐—ฆ "๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ" ๐—–๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜, ๐—ฉ. All those problems can't be fixed under this **** liberal-capitalistic system, for it's flawed in ways making it able for corrupt creatures, such as the afore-mentioned wealthy, to exploit it. Think about it.

ยซ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—จ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—› ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—ง๐—ข ๐——๐—ข ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—šยป
ยซ๐—ช๐—›๐—˜๐—ก ๐—œ๐—ก๐—๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—˜ ๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ช, ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐——๐—จ๐—ง๐—ฌยป
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rae Dec 2024
the earth is an ornament. a terrarium within a glass sphere, a balance, a system. a beauty. filled with light and hope and green and truth and blue and love and grey and orange and red. filling with haze and acidity from our mouths and from our eyes, spilling out into the rivers, our brains and guts splattered on pavement like that salamander who could not move fast enough. we dig out roots and networks beneath our feet and crush them to pump out fog and smoke. our bones are those long buried by time and grief. will that be me one day? will i grow up as something to dribble out of fuel tanks to allow for movement not nearly as fast, not nearly as efficient as i once was? you made me into something less of myself, you tore my tongue from my throat and punctured my eyes and gagged my mouth. you cut my wrists with a butcher knife and froze me solid, you ground me to char and let my blood my blood my blood be your ichor. you who never fought for me in life will fight to tear me limb from limb, pour my soul into 3mL, no, 2L, no, 1.65L, yes, yes, that will be enough. enough for what? to power another mile, another crush, another burn? is that my only future? they say those in glass houses should not throw stones but shattering is all i know to do, if i do not break myself i will stay whole and you will break me all the same.
Jack Groundhog Nov 2024
In sleet and rain of Edinburgh
a cathedral rises from the deeps.
The salt of sea and old coal blur
veil her face in grey-cast sheets.

On her western pediment
within tympanum carved of stone
sits Christ triumphant and in judgement
where he calls us all to atone.

I stand before him, my head bowed
as I contemplate our shared guilt,
with mea culpas weighing on my brow
for the follies fallen man has built.

And so weโ€™re burning Eden down
with flaming swords that we still wield
as once vast forests shrink and brown
and fallow lie once verdant fields.

Where trees once stood, smokestacks rear
their heads belching fumes up high
and in the deeps, the oceansphereโ€™s
no more a garden for octopi.

For in this our earthly commonweal
that was a gift thatโ€™s given free
we prove that purgatoryโ€™s real
because we ourselves have made it be.

A whisper came from the carved face
to walk into this stony womb
where colored light and incense trace
a path to overcome the gloom:

Forgiveness for our many faults
comes when we change our ways.
There in this templeโ€™s holy vault
I vow to fight Edenโ€™s decay.

In Edinburgh I found Eden
in a vision of what can be.
For we are by no means beaten
and we can do it, you and me.
A meditation on COP29 and climate change. Worked in a Beatles reference, too.
Jack Groundhog Nov 2024
When the changes come
will winter winds still blow?
What world will we see
as quicksilver higher flows?
When this time is past
will songbirds still be heard?
Will parents still tell children
of the bees and the birds?
Will grandchildren know about
lightning bugs in the dark?
Will lovers still know whatโ€™s meant
by butterflies in their hearts?
May those gifts that we leave
for those who come hereafter
not become the close
of this bookโ€™s final chapter.
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