“Shouldn’t we name extreme weather events after those contributing most to them? … Last hurricane season, a regular reader… suggested that hurricanes should not be named after random humans, but corporate brand names—specifically those [polluters] that have contributed most to the intensification of extreme weather.”
—Erik Assadourian and Esther Phillips, on Medium
—Erik Assadourian and Esther Phillips, on Medium
Hurricane Exxon—from Maine down to Mass.—
appears, as we feared, to be hitting the gas.
Macroburst Google is knocking down birches
and churches as rescues lag far behind searches.
Bomb-cyclone Bezos refuses to stop
until it has flattened each mom and each pop.
Superstorm Congress? Crews strive to repair
the damage it’s done with its surging hot air.
And everywhere, Trumpulus clouds keep on raining
fresh plagues on the heads of whoever’s remaining.
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AI-generated graphic by NightCafé for The New Verse News. |
Melissa Balmain edits Light, North America's longest-running journal of comic verse. Her latest book of poetry is Satan Talks to His Therapist (Paul Dry Books).
