The metallic clang of the sunshine-
Resonates in trees and dry bushes
Fearful critters peer out of sandy burrows-
At the menacing light
River banks, stoically, endure relentless abrading
As surges of super-heated streams-
Flood the planet, sunami-style
By instinct, predatory insects set out
For their daily kill
In a perfumed theater of lethal carnage
While mankind, diverted by its ducks and music-
Ignores tectonic fury and gorges on.
pliny (attrib. Leonard N. Shapiro (2015)
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