I have written the awful poem to rescue nature,
a poem that starts: Alaska’s melting.
The poem walks like a toddler wielding an axe.
It exaggerates. After which our houses will burn.
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Poem about the Environment
I have written the awful poem to rescue nature,
a poem that starts: Alaska’s melting.
The poem walks like a toddler wielding an axe.
It exaggerates. After which our houses will burn.
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