Channel 4 News, 21 February, 2012
Christmas? There was a heat wave this year
We ate our roast turkey by the pool. Yawn
The figgy pudding melted, I fear
Although the thick damask curtains were drawn
In January, the sun made us frown
Blazing, day after day. Please make it cool
Snowdrops wilted. The bluebells were scythed down
Like an army. It was too hot for school
We squandered our precious liquid for hours
All of the lawn sprinklers were barely off
And we enjoyed constant baths and showers
Our parents had to go largely unwashed
Like poker players, we gambled on rain
As if the water wasn't running out
We imagined we could live without pain
And now we are paying the price – a drought
Note: Ah guilt. We are born guilty because of the Fall (we should not have slaughtered those poor Neanderthals); we have guilt forced down our throat, whether by religionists or climate change activists; we try to transfer our guilt to others; we die guilty
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