The photos of animals suffering are heartbreaking.
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El Nino
Blinding sunshine searing across the azure sky
Hollow cackle of the hyena….a chilling war cry
Scavengers on the prowl…a menacing gleam in their eye
Blistered leaves stolen…tossed way up high
Scorched wasteland and parched streams
Pall of thick dust and sun burnt dreams
As the fiery sun dips…..steamy and slow
Glistening stars hang breathless…..a warm coppery glow
Midnight’s mantle choking….gasping for breath
The crypt quiet of ‘El Nino’…..a grim reaper of death
Dawn explodes like flames….scorching the morning sand
Silent shadows creep…. suffocating the damned
Lifeless animals….heads hanging low
Thick dry tongues lolling….heartbeats slow
Melancholy call of early morning whispers through the trees
Hope with the new dawn carries on the breeze
Disrobed trees stripped bare in the sizzling heat
A blistering horizon where sun and earth meet
Listen in on their melting world….hear their cries
As Africa’s undertakers circle air pockets….flying up high
Clear blue skies….a silent witness to ‘El Nino’s destruction
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For the starving victims…..death is painful and slow
Skeletal animals….weeping over the parched and cracked earth
Praying for rain…..a cleansing rebirth
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