I sit and silently cook
Office air is on the fritz
Fan blows in my nook
80º where I currently sit

It seems an unfair lot
On our rapidly warming earth
Until I have a thought:
What’s the air conditioning worth?

Heat islands are a side effect
Coal-fired plants at beck and call
But surely, then, the most wrecked
Are those who can’t afford it at all

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