Wednesday, 24 January 2018

A Why Of Global Warming



Was definitely tempted t’ a glass of grog at two 
pm on Tuesday, decided tho I may be able t’ re- 
negotiate on the deal later; we’re not sweltering 
like our mates up the Coast aways - th’ La Nina 
effect off our Southern oceans plays havoc with 
what you’d like to call normal weather patterns; 
in 90 years or more they ain’t been that way th’ 
old folks insist, before we hush ‘em up passing

a large glass of the coolest draught we’ve kept 
aside for such emergencies; what’s this, they’ll 
begin t’ protest - until a slice o’ lemon appears; 
aha, bloody good, a cocktail - & sipping begins 
with well-remembered vengeance; ’tis from the 
age when ‘air conditioning’ was a beer in hand 

th’ oldies claim; and then we reminisce without 
fear or favour & while all are savouring th’ calm 
we pose th’ question whether global warming’s 
on th’ rise again; what, is another damn looney 
election on th' agenda they protest, as if about 
to wrestle the proposer into submission before 

the supply of beer runs dry; y’ know, that topic 
flies on one wing only when politicians lie their 
way into another mega-bloody pay-increase … 
© 12 December 2017, I. D. Carswell 

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