Place blame on the fool,
for the cost of fuel,
for global warmth, zealous haze,
the access gap and angst-filled days,
housing costs, tainted meat
the average household debt; good grief.
Microplastic seepage and fish mercury seasoned
Dictators murdered, and rainforest depletion.
Melting glaciers, shifting tides, and temps.
endangered species, common-sense exempt.
To save and recycle waste, we attempt ethanol in corporate haste, in the final hours, doesn’t it sting
to develop E10 and E15 with carbon footprints for the hardworking lean.
When our grandchildren ask about what we did, will we look them in the eye
Dare we show them how far we slid?
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C. S. De Dona
Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women.
Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida.
Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013).
In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French."
In 2016, her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.
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