BLACK SWANS
(A black swan is said to be an event we did not foresee, contrary to predictions)
We used to think another Hiroshima
Would be our end. But we were wrong.
We did not see the black swans coming
Round the bend: another Fukishima
Sowing seeds of deadly radiation,
Parched forests torched by lightning
Reducing us to ashes in the wind,
The choking sands of multiplying dustbowls,
The dying oceans rising to our doors.
Like lemmings we have teemed and overbred
And now are streaming headlong for the edge
Unless another black swan should arrive:
A mini ice age take us by surprise,,
Leaving a remnant to begin again.
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