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The Smoke Choke

I was going to start the New Year setting out my 2020 vision but this plan has been blinded by the smoke.

It frustrates me that the government had a report predicting an event like this year's fire season down to the very year and yet they are still trying to convince the public that this was an unforeseeable event.

This report clearly states that the increasing effects of climate change correlate to the extended fire seasons and yet successive governments adamantly oppose the idea that worsening bushfires are due to the growing climate emergency.

When are governments going to realise that letting our environment burn also leads to them having to burn their precious money?



The Smoke Choke

I go for a walk and cannot see in front of me. 
Is it fog? Or is it smog that obscures the oncoming car?
I never thought that bushfire smoke could travel so far.
I had a clear 2020 vision but with all this smoke making my eyes sting,
I cannot see a thing. 

I try not to look outside with fear 
But will the politicians ever listen to the lessons burning their ear?
The bush is our precious land.
Thank God for the fireman making a stand. 

The Prime Minister said our climate catastrophe is not real
With every second word he spoke 
But now his words have turned into smoke to make him choke. 
When I’m outside at the moment I cannot breathe
Maybe that will make the climate sceptics believe. 

Every martial art invents it’s own choke.
Now maybe nature is fighting back
With the Smoke Choke. 

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