Twenty Nineteen
see you on the flip side
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1 min readDec 30, 2019
by Joe Váradi
Twenty Nineteen
Twenty Nineteen, what a year
Ain’t seen nothin’ yet, I fear
Forest fires rage down under
Blunder upon climate blunder
Seas awash in plastic waste
Nature spoiled and defaced
Hate crimes creeping on the rise
Civility in demise
Schools and Walmarts: shooting ranges
Mass outcry and nothing changes
Strongmen reigning ‘round the world
Ped’ling fake news, undeterred
Hong Kong drowns in street protests
France, Chile, Mid East unrest
North Korea nuke talks stalled
Southern borders loosely walled
Boris won, and Brexit served
Brits got more than they deserved
Obstruction, abuse of power —
Impeached from the ivory tower
Is there yet a ray of hope?
We’ll need a taller periscope …
so, not much different from two years ago
