@codare 5 March 2020 edited more from that month

A "Blip" is in Retrospect

*"I have seen the long-term trend, and the current warming is a small blip on the historical scale..."* *- An argument presented by climate change denial apologists* He walked the woodland road Along the path that took the shoulder Shoulder to shoulder With the forest And the corrugated gravel Physical onomatopoeia To the gravel Of his voice "Too many of these shit sticks!" He growled through the smoke-filled cumulonimbus Roiling with a minor thunder From his lungs And flicked the barely smouldering Short end tailings With the conviction that Only his suckling drags Had maintained its ember. As it hit the track taken Unconscious dogma That life support Was now immutably denied Doused contemplation of An enduring multiverse Three things Does a fire need to burn: Fuel The underbrush and dried grass edging the path gently stroked by Oxygen The susurrating breeze, rejuvinating Heat The embers' waning "étincelle de vie" When he reached his destination He looked back And saw A maelstrom firestorm Raised up And all around Was razed and erased To ash