I wrote this a few years ago unsure of what I wanted to say. Mostly I suppose it was to unclutter my befuddled mind. That didn’t work. If scientific endeavors and inquiry were but clear and concise maybe that would help me.

Snow Zone Ozone

First they warned us of a new ice age,
“The glaciers are coming!
The glaciers are coming!
They’ll be here any day,
It’s a new ice age!”
We all heard them say.

Then they warned us of nuclear winter.
When nukes start to puff we’d be covered with dust
Like ancient creatures of old.
We’d choke on the dust
And freeze in the muck,
Stranded like mummies in the cold.
“It’s a black nuclear winter!”
We all heard them say.

Now they tell us we may be stuck
Deep down in the snow zone
Without ozone
Over the infamous South Pole!

And with the greenhouse effect sure as heck,
We’ll be cooked right down to the bone,
For without ozone down deep in the snow zone
We don’t stand a snowball’s chance in Hell.

If it’s all the same to you,
I’d rather not cook in a primordial stew,
And ripen in the heat and burst.
I’d rather all hell freeze over first.