CALIFORNIA BURNING

CALIFORNIA BURNING

(on such a winter’s day)

Coyote farts

and the world

is born

along

with

dip-shit politicians

deep pockets

&

special interests

Get on with it

wade

through

the mud

and blood

No one’s

going to save you

now

or

ever

Once you wave the smoke away

smoke will take its place

I suggest

you and the dog

just start walking

You might get lucky –

over there

Don’t bet on it

though

‘cause really

it’s the same

as

here.

RW

Seattle

11.18.2018

(photo:  Brian Bland)

"It's not just "smoke."  It's plastic, rubber, asbestos, paint, lead, hydrogen cyanide, fats, resins, starches, benzene, formaldehyde, heavy metals, PCB's, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, chlorine, arsenic, aldehydes, toluene...and thousands and thousands of other compounds."  Brian Bland