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A Tsunami of Tears in Lands Once Dominated by Man

By 5 January 2024July 1st, 2026No Comments1 min read
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Tsunami of Tears

In lands once dominated
By man and machine,
Technology is futile
As the river overlooks
Like a dictator with menace,
Biding its time
Then advances, overwhelms –
Vomiting a deluge of
Deposited poisons
And all kinds of debris inland,
Where broken evacuees
Scratch their heads
And wipe their tears
At nature’s course.


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