Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Eco Distress. What have we done? / What are we doing? To our young population in the name of energy? A new melase has arisen among our human masses-- Eco distress--climate anxiety--is cluttering those innocent heads. They feel the guilt, while maturing during their youth, That nothing significant might be accomplished by them. They also feel anger that their elders Have done little--only enjoying their comforts. As with all mammals, a basic sense of habitat decay eventually creates despair. The energy corporations have continually denied any wrongdoing-- Reminiscent of the decades of denial by the tobacco peddlers. The gregarious young converge to 'Climate Cafes', Attempting through eco therapy, to somehow desperately Allay their anxiety as to just how They might survive flooding or basic desiccation, Manifesting a slow choking, slipping away of their very lives. Frank Maurer 13 October 2023 0500 Hours.