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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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If life was a see-saw on a point
(and it might have been, early on)
a slight change in carbon
would tip it.

If it was one on a wide plateau
(and it was once, at least)
it would have time to change
with carbon.

On its narrow plateau,
it is tottering,
odds on to go.

Douglas Scotney

Friday, July 25, 2014

Topic(s) of this poem: environment

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Michael Walker 01 August 2017

I read 'carbon' as 'carbon dioxide', which is said to be harmful to the earth's atmosphere. I have doubts about how serious that problem is, if it exists at all. Like a seer, you point out that 'a slight change in carbon/ would tip it'. A startling and true image.

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