A Warm Autumn

Based on a very hot Fall in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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“Global Warming just doesn’t exist!”

“Climate Change is a myth!” they insist

But as summer gives way to Fall

Filling up one’s weekends with football

The college stadiums in The South

Make people feel dry at the mouth.

For heat exhaustion is so real

That passes and tackles lose their appeal

The leaves just aren’t turning yellow

While people try hard to stay mellow

But with daily record breaking heat

Good air conditioning just can’t be beat.

As the months mount up full of drought

People are really beginning to doubt

Autumn used to mean cooler weather

When touchdowns could bring us together

Yet now it seems like pumpkins and scarecrows

Will melt in the warmth of our meadows.

Have we erred and is it too late?

To take care of our planet so great?

Let us hope that we have learned

A pleasant Fall by us must be earned

For swirling in piles of leaves in the grass

Is a treasure most hard to surpass.

The End.

By Luisa Reyes

From: United States