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case of climate catastrophe?
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
16 Oct 2019
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case of climate catastrophe?
case of climate catastrophe?

frantic footprints are framed 

on white streets where the

temperature suddenly

dropped 

from 

83 

to 

13

there is no normal now…

they left home in tank tops, 

flip-flops, shorts and short sleeve shirts…

but in the blink of an eye—chattering teeth,

shivering shoulders caught out…

trudge home to hoodies, down

jackets, boots—cursing this

Chinese

hoax!!

© 2019. Raymond Nat Turner, The Town Crier. All Rights Reserved.

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