How the Ostrich Became Florida’s State Bird
by Meryl Stratford
The next generation will survive despite us.
Space shuttles will still fly into orbit.
What is the plan?
Build a seawall around South Florida.
Space shuttles will fly into orbit
delivering warnings and evacuation orders.
We’ll build a seawall around all of Florida
because America’s oldest city is drowning.
We’ll deliver warnings and vacation orders.
There’s an uptick in the number of powerful storms
and America’s oldest city is drowning,
the Atlantic flooding its brick-paved streets.
An uptick in the number of powerful storms:
seven major hurricanes and Wilma’s romp,
the Atlantic flooding our neighborhood streets
with surging seawater churned up by storms.
Seven major hurricanes and Wilma’s romp?
Nobody should get lost in statistics or
surges of seawater churned up by a storm.
The governor is skeptical about climate change.
Nobody should get lost in statistics
but what is the plan?
The governor is skeptical about climate change.
The next generation may survive despite us.