When the ice has turned

To water

And the polar bear has gone,

Will we be forced

To barter

Or will we still be strong,

In all the stupid things we do

Perhaps the most severe,

Creating nine thousand tons

Of high level nuclear waste

Each year.

When the ice has all but

Melted

And the penguin is no more,

Will we be rendered

Smarter

Or as stupid as before,

With a life span of nine

Billion years

We still don’t close the door,

To showcase our intelligence

We recycle some of it in war!

© Stephen Nesbitt