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Plums in the icebox

Just To Say, 2023: an oil executive holds forth (after William Carlos Williams)

Steve Pottinger by Steve Pottinger
19-07-2023 14:50
in Environment, Poetry
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Cartoon of a parched land

Global warming, cartoon by Dawn Mockler

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I have eaten
the future 
that was in 
the pipeline
and which
you were probably
saving
for your children
Forgive me
it was delicious
so profitable
and so cold

© Steve Pottinger 19 July 2023

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Steve Pottinger

Steve Pottinger

Steve is a poet, author, and a founding member of Wolverhampton arts collective Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists. His work has appeared in magazines and anthologies, and he’s a regular contributor to online poetry platforms. You can discover more of his work via his website, on X @BigStevePoet, or follow him on Bluesky

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