A Poem about Flowers and Such
 by Grace Fleg
I sat down
to write a poem
about
flowers and such.

But the TV was on:
War.
Politics.
Poverty.
Climate change.
Pollution.
Pandemic.

and

the ever-present threat of nuclear holocaust.

But there are still flowers,
aren’t there?

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