This is how it begins
It has already begun.
The heat out of season
tourists melting on Roman streets
It has already begun.
The birds chattering
about our folly in morning blue.
It has already begun.
Black ooze melting the joints
of Roman cobbles.
It has already begun.
Map of meteo Europa
with suns and desperate digits.
It has already begun.
People saying “It’s hot!”
like it was always this hot—
but not always.
It has already begun.
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Wow! Well said, well crafted, important message. And yet some folks are still in denial.
Love the message shown so well throughout, especially love: “Black ooze melting the joints/of Roman cobbles.”
Powerful images – black ooze, desperate digits.
Well written, poignant capture of climate’s chaos. Your poem explains the heat better than the evening news coverage of Europe’s extreme heat. “The birds chattering about our folly” is so revealing. Nature knows more than we do. If only we would listen.