atomic wet dreams
ashes to ashes and dust
this is climate change
“The only existential threat humanity faces — even more frightening than a nuclear war — is global warming; going above 1.5 degrees in the next 10 years,” Biden said.
It was the last thing he said before he turned and walked from the podium and the stage. I shook my head and turned off my cell phone.
“Demented old man.” I said, rolling over on my side, trying to sleep.
Rest came with images and nightmares of the Jews murdered by Hamas in a sneak attack. I could not help but wake myself coughing as I choked on imaginary dust from buildings collapsing inside the Gaza Strip.
My Wednesday came as a crisp Fall morning and two days after the last communication from the White House. I was working in what the season had left of my Alpalfa fields, and soon, it would be time to plant next year’s crop.
It was a brief flash, and I had only enough time to stand and face it before the heat swept over me as I thought in my final moment, “The fool was right for once.”
The Old Blog in the Desert 