June, Gone So Soon..

With a front stalled just below

Drier air will see June go

Away..w/ 19,000 fewer Americans

Prez seems ok with fewer citizens

But, something he should note

Unlikely any of dead's family will vote

For him

Mr. chance of truth telling; slim

20,000 a month, for how long

'Til November comes along

An electoral quake we need

Rid us of trump family weed

Least Earth not in a shaky way

Only 2 quakes hit 5 today

Off Nicaragua & Nevada, still

That fault just won't chill

New Nat Geo predicts water shortage

But, what's missing from reportage

Water issues would be ok

If fewer people were in play

Until there's Asian contraception

No hope to stop human infection

And, not just there

Humans the problem everywhere

Sure seems to be no plan

From any god or any republican

So, it's up to me and you

Plan your kids, none, one or two

Then those kids will have a chance

Of cleaner world, a place to dance

Today On Earth

Stay safe, be smart

Mask up, stay apart!!

July - On & Off Earth

Here's my monthly column for the Central Virginian..another to wrap up June is coming..

July begins and seems to jump quickly to the 4th, the 244th annual celebration of our Declaration Of Independence from England. I just did a re-read of the Declaration, it still holds up! Give it a look and then remember, the founders, for all their faults, worked and fought but came together, as the United States. Even in these trying times, with all that‘s going on here and worldwide, 244 years later, we have it pretty good in these United States. There is plenty to do yet, to form a more perfect union, but get out and celebrate, safely, our independence on Saturday.

Earth, at 7:35am on the 4th, reaches Aphelion, at 94.5 million miles, the farthest point in our annual, elliptical orbit around the sun and allows me to remind you, as I did my students, it’s our tilted axis not our distance that causes seasonal change.

A day later, on the 5th, July’s Full Moon (the Buck moon) will light the night sky with bright Jupiter and golden Saturn shining steadily just above our natural satellite. Maybe not as spectacular as fireworks the previous night but that lovely trio will dazzle all night. Venus dominates the pre-dawn sky all month, far outshining nearby Aldebaran, the reddish “eye” of Taurus, the Bull. The sun begins July in Gemini, moving into Cancer on the 22nd.

After a summer of reflection, I started my second year as a teacher (and every year thereafter) by welcoming my ninth grade Earth Science students, on their first day of high school, with a little chat about change. High school marks a big change, a first step into the adult world, and as far as Earth was concerned, they were now young adults and Earth had one guideline and three simple rules all Earthlings need to know. 

The underlying guideline: there is nothing but Change. The rules to meet the ongoing change:   Adapt, Migrate or Die. That’s it. Those are the rules on Earth. The inescapable reality of change has hit hard and fast in 2020. Most of us have adapted, a few have migrated, too many have died.

The pace of change has thrown things off this year. A pandemic that came slowly, then quickly but is refusing to go away and now worldwide protests for social change and reform that has been way too long and slow in coming. The pace of change never quite seems to match human desires and timelines. 

The reality of change on Earth is not news. The problems and stresses of adapting or migrating to deal with rapid change and not dying, that’s tricky, that’s news. The perseverance to induce long term societal change in intrenched systems will be less rapid, but it too, will still be news and will come.
Amidst this pandemic and protests for racial justice, climate change and pollution continue on Earth. Evidence suggests humans are playing a significant role in these changes. As with racism, humans will also have a large role as to whether future changes will be positive or negative for ourselves or other life forms with which we share the planet.

Our founding fathers united 244 years ago, establishing a system flexible enough to deal with change they knew was coming but could not foresee. We will get through and past all 2020 has thrown our way; it will be much easier if we, too, are united.

A Brief Respite..

A weak cold front has slid thru

Pushing out the humidity crew

It's late June so it's still hot

With dry air, oppressive it's not

But still oppressive, racist cops

Killing blacks, just won't stop

Too much storm trooper mentality

No empathetic communication we see

What has happened to protect & serve

It's become, "get what they deserve"

Easy to hide behind guns & tweets

Harder when you actually meet

People, then talk with them

But, that chance seeming slim

So, on it goes

While Texas & Florida lead the way

With most viral dead today

Way to put economy & greed

Above public safety need

Way to shirk on an easy task

Requiring people to put on a mask

Freedom doesn't include getting me sick

Morons sucking daChumps dick

Don't care if for prez on you knee

Stay away from me!

Today On Earth

5.0 Quakes up in Bolivian Andes

Turkey, getting 5.5 plate squeeze

S. Japan, 5.4, aftershocks New Mexico

Also still shaky, Puerto Rico

But, little major destruction

Just creeping Pacific plate reduction

Sun activity still near minimum

New cycle is slow to come

Waxing moon leaving Virgo

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Ending month with Libra show

Seems a good day to seize

Drier air & a breeze

Get out for a walk

But, mask up for a talk

Or use our social distance

Seems, ain't no viral resistance

Need a virus test? just drive on by

So easy! We know that's a lie

Today On Earth

Without a leader coming thru

We know, it's up to me & you

Please..

Stay safe, be smart

Mask up, stay apart

No Leader In Sight...

Still, the USA needs a leader

Still, all we got, lying tweeter

COVID cases still on the rise

President, still, just denies

Denies the virus, racism, too

Science, reality, to name a few

Yet the planet keeps on warming

Arctic melting, insects swarming

Plastic washing ashore everywhere

Most industry without a care

Just heard Pence blather on

About the great job they've done

What we know about a republican

They got no shame, they got no plan

Answer a question, there's no way

Blah blah blah blah is all they say

Put a mask on, ain't no way

So, virus cases rise again today

Meat plants told to stay open

Feed the country they were hopin'

But, know where much was sent

China's where 258 million lbs went

Smithfield's owned by China today

Stop pork exports, ain't no way

Raise more pigs, pollute our land

Meet overpopulated China's demand

Started virus, then China lied

Total surveillance nationwide

With clueless leader in USA

Worldwide dictators all at play

Punk'n Head prez, despot wanna be

Nov. vote uprising we need to see

Republican bozos need to go

Vote out then jail daChump show

Very soon

On Earth

Heat is on with hazy skies

Temp, humidity & dust on the rise

What should be no surprise

Earth reality we can't disguise

No quake hit mag. 5 today

SE New Mex lotta little sway?

Fracking water injection underway?

Or nuclear testing at play?

It ain't the aliens at Roswell!

That town's one long fast food hell

My nomination: ugliest town in USA

Bypass, detour, just stay away

Back to local reality

Storm or two we could see

If it clears, check sunset

With dust, wild colors you get

Quarter moon earlier today

Be up high when sun goes away

Dress cool if you go out

Will you sweat, ain't no doubt

But, that's ok, it's summertime

But, if in public don't be a slime

Put a mask on every time

Me, I'm done with this silly rhyme

Stay safe, be smart

Mask up, stay apart

Today On Earth

Tortoise Days

Recently, a box turtle, every walk

Yesterday's mail check, roused a hawk

Tortoises: big & small, w/ patterns unique

Seems, mossy path cruising they seek

When big dog & I come around

They all quickly hunker down

Breyer gives a sniff & moves on

Turtles emerge slowly as we're gone

Big dog just wandered in

I know where that boy's been

Out romping with his girlfriend

Now on cool floor w/ heavy pantin'

Pantin' cuz it's getting hot

Summertime is what we got

Southern wind bringing humidity back

Nearby, Sahara dust cloud attack

Add in some western wildfire smoke

Gulf Coast air will make ya choke

Not much chance of storms today

Dust might pump up sunset display

Other displays, near 1/4 moon

🌓

Passing Virgo's Spica soon

While Arcturus sparkles above

This morning, Venus, goddess of love

Dazzled 'tween Aldebaran & Pleiades

Way too early for me to sees:)

After several days with a big shake

Today, mag. 5.1 biggest earthquake

Today On Earth

Another 45,000 COVID-19 cases

YESTERDAY

600 more Americans, virus erases

YESTERDAY

19 refers to 2019, year of viral advent

Fact not known by moron president

USA adrift, like a crew-less ship

At the top, zero leadership

More excuses, blame & lies

On to next rally he flies

Our national super-spreader

Down the ramp, oh, a near header..

Look, he can drink from a glass

Embarrassing, sad, our royal ass

Have to hope this soon shall pass

That we can dig outta this morass

But, it will not be easy

To wipe off this sleazy

No one willing to listen or share

Whole lotta mean & stupid out there

So, you stay safe, be smart

Mask up, stay home or apart

Today On Earth

Mask Up, America!!

Another day, 38,000+ new cases

Yet dumbasses, no mask on faces

New Zealand, no new case in 3 weeks

Here more hospital beds we seeks

Arizona is about full up, TX too

What is a president to do

Nothing, not a thing

Just more lies he's selling

Yesterday, claimed he saved lobsterers

Reality: his China tariffs, sales differed

Lobster sales went down 84%

So, thru Canada, US lobsters went

Meat plants open w/ workers sick

Much pork sent to China, slick..

If prez says it's gonna rain

From a umbrella you can refrain

If he says rain, it's likely sunny

Says he's rich, show us the money!

Here's what we all know

Lost money in his own casino

Still the big Earth shakes on

Mexican quake data, almost gone

Tibetan quake, Himalaya on the rise

Usual quakes, no real surprise

Looping round the sun, NEOWISE

A visible comet in July skies?

Arctic has hit 100 degrees

Siberia, lots of burning trees

Permafrost rapidly on the melt

Climate change it has felt

Earth still warming, really cooking

But, guess what, we ain't looking

Pandemic, protests, issue denial

At White House all should be on trial

How about I give you a reason

Contempt, neglect, obstruction, treason

Lying, bribery, child abuse

Republicans don't care, ain't no use

Hold cops accountable, say no way

Choke holds, no, they gotta stay

Confederate statues, rebel flag

We still revere that loser rag

But, there is always change

Earth is gonna rearrange

Will we be ready, I guess, NO

When will next problem show

Virus nor protesters going away

Leaders just excuse & delay

Hundreds dying (644) every day

In Punk'n Head's great USA

Fat morons won't wear a mask

Need a ventilator, don't ask

Did we open poorly & too soon?

Is there a waxing crescent moon?

So, be safe, be smart

Mask up & stay apart

Today On Earth

Hello Volcano!

Volcano list had been looking skinny

And, then, there was Kickin' Jenny

Underwater off Grenada, shaking

Ethiopia's Erta Ale temps baking

Two dozen volcanoes on the list

Usual crowd & some I've missed

Owen's Valley in CA, 5.8 quake

Now on to dozens of aftershakes

LA water supply runs thru there

Rupture would bum golden bear

We are still in the cool-ish & dry

But, stalled front is nearby

Could produce a shower here

'Fore it moves into clear

And, lets heat back again

It's summer, clothing: thin

Caught crescent moon last night

Lovely without a cloud in sight

Today's blog, short & sweet

Places to go, people to meet

From a safe distance

To keep up viral resistance

Do the same

Ignore idiot's claim

That all is good

Open fully we should

688 died yesterday

Still prez, the dumbass will say

"We're doing a great job"

But, he's such a lying knob

Today On Earth

Mexican Quake, Sahara Dust, COVID Death Counts Rise On..

Just didn't have a poem in me today..
A magnitude 7.4 quake hammered southwest Mexico yesterday as the Cocos plate continued to be subducted - stuffed - under the North American plate. Lots of aftershocks will terrorize the region for days, making returning into damaged buildings a life or death decision... Reports of 6 deaths, dozens of injuries will likely rise as more reports slowly filter in, delayed by widespread power outages in the region.
One country to the north, another 766 people died from COVID-19 while our president bragged about his wall, so proud of the 3 new miles constructed in his 3 1/2 years. Crowing in Arizona, where another 42 people died yesterday, about testing less- to help the numbers, his amazing virus record, his ability to drink water from a glass...with only one hand and more whining about the steepness of a ramp. All the while, bedlam reigns, cops continue to spray tear gas yet protesters won't go away and another book by another republican traitor about the president's multiple acts of treason hits the stores. The great American slide continues, down the Egyptian river coursing our heartland, Da Nile!
Adding insult and more injury to the still raging pandemic, the largest dust storm/cloud every seen continues to swirl across the Atlantic. Caribbean islands are engulfed in the dust today with Texas in line next; the South and Mid-Atlantic will see the dusty haze by the weekend. A mask needed for a new reason; breath deep you freedom lovers, take an extra puff you Marlboro cowboys!
A weak Cold front slid through the Old Dominion yesterday but stalled just offshore. A few raindrops fell but the big news, a two day humidity reprieve, cooler drier air pushed the front here and will linger until Friday when the humidity returns, and the dust cloud arrives. Summertime!!
After sunset, the waxing crescent moon slides higher into the western sky. At the opposite, eastern, end of the ecliptic, Jupiter followed immediately by Saturn rise earlier each night, about an hour after we turn away from the sun. There is a comet rounding the sun right now and seems to be holding together. If it does remain intact, could be naked eye visible by mid-July. Comet forecasts..always shaky at best.
For those working, it's Hump Day, celebrate! For the millions still unemployed, I hope your benefits arrive and keep coming-get out, in mask and protest- and for retired folks like myself, who cares what day it is!!:)  For those working in health care, stay safe. For those forced to work for greed-heads, in unsafe conditions (Amazon comes to mind, and meat packing plants..) keep up your battles to get the word out and stay safe and apart.
Today On Earth!

Heat, Rinse, Repeat; June!

Another muggy June day

Is headed our way

Another day, chance of storms

Air gets wild when it warms

Both coast of the USA

Heat waves underway

East w/ humidity, we perspire

West, dry air, they get fire

Arctic temps hitting new highs

Planet change before our eyes

Sahara dust storm in Caribbean

Hazy, nasty skies they are seein'

Our little planet paying the price

For human greed & avarice

But, this rock don't care

About drought everywhere

Except where it's a flood

Water roils with sediment; mud

New reality coming soon

Ya get no rain or it's a monsoon

W. Hemisphere shaky today

PR aftershocks won't go away

OK & TX, fracking quakes

CA & NV few little shakes

Central AK, rocks a'shifting

Mantle heat, plates a'drifting

3.6 just south of Yellowstone

Hope that's a single; stand-alone

Not an opening salvo

From volcano lurking below

Think things are bad right now

Seeeya USA when that goes POW

But, pandemic still on a rage

We haven't ended the first stage

Will schools really re-open

That's what parents are hopin'

Will spenders really come out

Right now, still major doubt

Not interested in doing my part

To give economy a re-start

America with a lot of fluff

But, don't really make much stuff

That we actually need & use

If only cheap china crap to choose

To walmart & amazon I say NO

Gonna fix it, that's the way to go

Buying local, buying less

Only way to clean up this mess

If USA was a meme

Would be a pyramid scheme

If economy based on shopping

Really no shock at viral stopping

Don't sew our clothes, cook our food

Just found out, that ain't good!

Today On Earth

Stay safe

Be smart

Mask up

Stay apart

Right now, our prez, a fat, nasty guy

Need pandemic help, he don't even try

About racism, he don't care

Most issues, he ain't aware

Blame fake news, his same pathetic cry

Haiku

A few...

Ten minute ramp rant

Shoes too slick, ramp way too steep

Truth: walk well, he can't

Chopper walk of shame

Needs someone at whom to rage

Punked 'fore Tulsa stage

Poor ole fat Donny

He hires only the best

All fail suck-up test

Take slime, John Bolton

All good when kissing prez ass

But, this too shall pass!!

Week 15, Hunkered Down!

Well.. past 3 months shut down

Still lotta bodies into the ground

Still we got no national plan

Just excuses from prez boy-man

Rally reservations got all punked

Now poor, fat  baby is all funked

Gotta be someone to blame

Couldn't be cuz he got no shame

Couldn't be our viral fears

Couldn't be his lies so clear

Couldn't be cuz he's a mo-ron

Could it be, people moving on

Wanna avoid being put in box

Mask up, turn off the fox

Viral spread all across the South

Too many with uncovered mouth

More & more young getting sick

Take home & spread, that's slick!

Give to Mom & Dad, Grandma, too

To their funeral, invite party crew!

How many won't vote for Punk'n Head

Cause they're gonna be dead...

Natural Selection at work

Taking out the denial jerks

Stay the hell away from me

Mouth & nose don't wanna see

Today On Earth

A 5.8 India/Burma border quake

N. of Iceland another mag 6 shake

Few others that hit mag 5

Some lava up, some plates dive

We got a planet shaky, alive

Life: daily strive to survive

Sadly, if you have dark skin

Your chances are more thin..

Constructive change, we'll see

Gonna be tough in Land of Free..

Every Day On Earth

🌙

Tonight, tiny crescent in the sky

With Castor & Pollux nearby

Moon will be higher each night

Look northwest for that sight

Jupiter & Saturn in the east

10ish before that eye feast

Full Moon will do planet fly-by

On the 5th of July

Arcturus & Spica, bright star show

Red Antares is hanging low

Summer Triangle rising in NE

It's something to check, at least

Tonight Off Earth

Stay safe

Be smart

Mask Up

Stay apart

Today On Earth 

Annular Eclipse
Thanks
Jeff Dia
From Tibet

Happy Father's Day

6th Father's Day without my Dad

While that thought makes me sad

Still, realize how lucky I was

Why lucky, well, because

I had him around for 60 years

So, to Benjamin Lewis, cheers

Thanks Dad!!

It's Sunday & I'm watching news

Hearing prez's very twisted views

Rally crowd, like his brain, small

Bragging, crowing & blaming all

Issues on anyone but the liar in chief

Still viral spread adds to our grief

His lie, "cuz we are testing more"

Yet sick flying through ICU door

His supporters think it's all right

To keep their fat faces in sight

And, for me that is OK

If only with fox fools they'd play

But, they go out & waddle about

Too dumb to discuss, they just shout

Could be quiet, make us wonder

But, they speak & they blunder

'Xactly like Punk'n Head prez

Shows confusion whatever he says

Maybe China will lend him a hand

Russian help he'll soon demand

So sad, Ukraine had no dirt

Oh, he got caught, that one hurt

Help me, help me, me, me, me

Sociopath is what we all see

Just a little punk, pussy ass bitch

Bullies his way, saying he's rich

Makes a mess, gives lawyer a call

Wonder what happened to that wall..

Scary times still lie ahead

How many more, viral dead

122,000 Americans so far

More than in first World War

Back to 500+ dead every day

Not testing, just got no leader

Just dumbass lying tweeter

Brazil prez wanna be like daChump

His country one big body dump

US ads, buy a bed, buy a car

Hop on in, go drive far

But, clever folks in the USA

Wear a mask & stay away

Today On Earth

Week long Low sliding away

Less chance of rain today

Forecast, summer heat is coming

Ok with break from rain drumming

After 3" since Tuesday last

We could use a sunshine blast

New Moon earlier today

Got into the sun's way

Annular eclipse left solar ring

Alas, it was an AfroAsian thing

Will have to wait on pix

Sure someone got a fix

As usual,

Along Aussie/Pacific boundary

Mostly where today's quakes be

Nothing too big or problematic

4.2 in OK, little dramatic

Been better if happened yesterday

Give rallyers something to say

Earth with no timing concern

Planet don't care if we don't learn

It'll just keep spinning around

No worry if more bodies in ground

But, I'll be staying home

Let the idiots roam

Today On Earth

Protesters protest, statues fall

Demand equality for all

Rebels proud of loser history

Right there, for all to see

Gettysburg bad move for R.E. Lee

Should have stayed more southerly

Stonewall shot by his own troops

Statue worthy, that's an oops

We all know why statues in place

Rub Jim Crow into every black face

CSA lost big, slavery's gone

Time for racists to move along

So, to prez rally, you should go

Spread virus to & fro

Head on home for shot of bleach

Park on couch, remote in reach

Stuff some KFC in fat mouth

Dream of good times in ole south

Long ago

On Earth

Summer Solstice, Annular Eclipse & Human Pandemonium!

Today is the longest day of the year

Why? Well, it's our tilt, that's clear

And, while we're tilted near today

Down under, they are tilted away

We start summer, south, winter starts

In Tulsa, people gather without hearts

Still, the viral pandemic rages on

How many rally attendees soon be gone

Docs calling it a super-spreader event

But, self-loving prez is hell bent

On telling fools how he's so smart

Ain't no need to stay apart

Drink some bleach, shine light up ass

Soon the virus will just pass

Over at Stonehenge, crowds await

Ancient knowledge/skill pretty great

Today's fools, science they deny

Mention heaven, they look to sky

If I believe, it must be true

Lot of con men waiting for you

Send 'em your money & they'll pray

You send even more their way

Today, one thing's very clear

Easy to find, what you want to hear

Don't like truth, call it fake news

Carry on with your twisted views

Hatred spread all about

Jesus so proud, ain't no doubt

And, while heaven, no one can prove

Science knows, moon is in a groove

To slide 'tween Earth & the sun

Almost.. put daylight on the run

Annular Eclipse starts in Congo

Into S. Asia the path will go

In Tibet, the peak eclipse is seen

N. Philippines exits the scene

Because moon is little farther away

Won't block sun out completely

Still be a very cool thing

Sun with just a tiny bright ring

Also, cool up in the sky

Moon with crescent Venus nearby

Didier Favre is the man

Telescope in command

He took this shot

Pretty hot

On & off our world, it's so cool

So sad, so many watch fox & drool

Remember, science built your phone

Maybe throw science a bone

If your phone takes a fall

Maybe give your priest a call

He could pray, make it all better

Get pope to send a repair letter

Or send Billy Graham's son some money

He will pray & tell you all is sunny

Tell you in heaven, need no phone

Send us money, you won't be alone

But, if for you we pray

You gonna have to pay!!

Man's oldest con

Still rolling on...

Today On Earth

While in the Earth, more slipping

Mostly where plates are dipping

S. Pacific Ring, not a shock

Pressure builds, movin' rock

Just now, mag. 5.4, north of Iceland

Mid-Atlantic Ridge met lava demand

Move aside, hot rock coming thru

Always a new shake or two

Today On Earth

Cut-off Low still off the map?

Yet, still clouds & storms zap

Our entire region from W.Va

All down Carolina way

Forecasters claim it's getting hot

But, still it's cool we've got

On the first day of summer

Cool is really not a bummer

Hope you enjoy your longest day

Hope prez & racism go away

So, stay safe

Be smart

Mask up

Stay apart

Today On Earth

Happy Solstice

Get out and watch

The Sun Stand Still!!

JUNETEENTH!

JUNETEENTH

I'd heard word but didn't know

Cuz in US history it don't show

Well, in white history, anyway

But, guess what, it's a new day

US history is getting a rewrite

Adding in stuff that won't white right

Slave owners kept moving away

Slavery, sure, Texas keep it in play

Galveston was far as they could go

Keep freed people out of the know

One state north, in Oklahoma

Gave Indians land, took it back over

When on native land discovered oil

Well, that made white blood boil

Just when things were looking sunny

Okies killed natives, took their money

Tulsa Okies saw lot of black success

Well, they couldn't have that mess

Claimed Negro checked white woman out

Now there couldn't be any doubt

They just had to burn down

That rich, black part of town

And, they did & no one paid

For murder or destruction made

Perfect rally place for top racist

Gathering of old, fat fascist

Wear no mask, scream & yell

Spread virus, die, that'd be swell

Cuz if OK with foreign election aid

For treason, ultimate price paid

Whether from virus or firing squad

Dead TDS* won't hit me hard

Yet

While criticizing Russian kleptocracy

Pretty much same in Land of the Free

Cuz I got a bible & a gun

I'm gonna take your land, son

My god tells me it's A-OK

To kill or enslave you today

Now, with storm trooper protection

And a little tear gas injection

Or a bullet in a black back

But, at least cop got the sack

And, oh my gosh, he was arrested

Of course, cop union protested

We're far from done with this tale

How many cops will go to jail?

Until we see prez behind bars

No changes will go far

At least, some of his twisted crap

Just got a Supreme Court slap

Dreamers & gays, ok to be here

Fate of loser statues less clear

Long as Lee continues to stand tall

Little chance of justice for all

In other slimy, white bitch news

When at impeachment heard no views

Hawk Bolton let prez off the hook

Now wants to tell all in book

Near as I can tell

They should be cellmates in hell

Bolton'd dream of WWIII

Prez'd whine, it's all about me

Just to complete this little dream

If they're in hell, we'd hear no scream

Til we hear firing squad shoot

See the prez, hit the mute!

Today On Earth

🌎

Meanwhile, in planet news

North of New Zealand, in a trench

Earth has slipped a pressure wrench

Bunch of mid-5 quakes

On shore, no wave breaks

Couple of big shakes, S. China Sea

Mediterranean, rock slipping free

Up in Aleutians, plate subduction

Every quake, N. Pacific reduction

More OK slime, fracking greed

Supply our hydrocarbon need

So, it's polluting, causing quakes

Think of all the jobs it makes..

Big quake during rally tomorrow

Could help Earth ease its sorrow:)

Oh, I forgot, Earth don't care

If we horde or if we share

Earth just don't care at all

If a Tulsa building were to fall

But, I know millions couldn't wait

With that news, to celebrate🎉

Today On Earth!!

🌘

Cut-off Low seems off the map

Yet, we're still getting cloud slap

With air heating up today

Storms could show up & play

I missed Venus & Moon fly-by

Cloud? trees? sleep is really why

Today On Earth

JUNETEENTH

Sorry to say

Today, at home I'll stay

With protesters, I share my heart

But, for safety, I stay apart

Viral issues are far from done

Many battles to be won

Just remember, if you're white

And, you have a cop in sight

And, you feel safety not fear

Your black understanding is not clear

For American's with black skin

Somewhere there's a cop with a grin

And, a hand on his gun

Thinking he'll have a little fun

But, no worries if I'm old & white

Least I know that ain't right

Today On Earth

Stay safe

Be smart

Mask up

Stay apart

Tomorrow, Tulsa, meteor hit

That would be the shit!!

*TDS - TrumpDickSucker

Just Another Erupting, Shaking, Lovely Day

Our cut-off Low

Again, no where to go

At least, I did see the sun

After 1 1/2" of rain, that was fun

Now clouds back, got it on the run

Days before chance of rain is none

Hey!

We finally broke 70 degrees

But, that is just a tease

Cuz, we got big heat coming

Solstice, then 90+ bumming

Earth always looking to rearrange

We know, ain't nothing but change

SW Pacific with a quake, 7.4

Seems no waves coming ashore

Fuego & Popo still wild blasting

Kamchatka, Indo eruptions everlasting

Cleveland & Makushin showing signs

In Aleutians, all may not be fine

In Ecuador, Sangay

Still blasting away

Iceland's Reykjanes, little shakes

Lava working up through breaks?

Volcano with glaciers...

Leads to land erasures

19 volcanoes on this week's list

Likely a few they've missed

All that heat, still want's out

Quakes & volcanoes leave no doubt

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Off Earth, in pre-dawn sky

Tomorrow..

Venus with a moon flyby

Both in the crescent phase

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Use binocs to cut through haze

Haven't thought much about sky

If I checked, rain in my eye

Sun, still cruising through minimum

But, our local star is simmerin'

Saturn & Jupiter, earlier every night

I hear..of sky, I got no sight

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Last night saw a favorite on TV

Cary Woodruff, delightful to see

Was dino-boy, now Dino-Man

His sauropod knowledge in demand

Went on a Prehistoric Road Trip

Into the Rockies we did slip

Part 2 coming up next hump day

More Earth info coming my way!!

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Elsewhere, in a crazy world

On the pandemic swirled

Protesters march, statues fall

Killer cops arrested after all

Punk'n Head prez w/ mo' treason

Chinese election help the reason

If virus numbers up from testing

While all the ICU congesting

If you congregate in a bar

Thanks for helping virus spread far

If you don't wear a mask

Viral spread, an easy task

If you take a shot of bleach

Quickly, away your life will leach

Want to create a new spike

Cluster at rally, way Donny like

Or you can be smart

Mask up & stay apart

Or stand up for your rights, be free

Just remember...

Earth don't care about you or me

One set of rules, you will comply

Adapt, Migrate or Die

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Rain Visits Here

The cut-off Low did a little shift

Giving the rain a chance to drift

Farther north, visiting here late

Like, we had been on wait..

We knew it was coming

Then on the roof, drumming

Dog gave it a quick look

Out, back in, then he shook

There is no yowling

He loves a toweling

Oh, he pretends to struggle

But, really loves to snuggle

What kinda slime let him go?

Glad I got him, that I know

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Big world much less shaky today

Two hit mag 5, from land way away

Elsewhere, usual slip & slide

As on hot mantle we all ride

Now we humans help, TX & OK

Salt water injection underway

But, hey, gas is still cheap

So.. there's a little poison creep

Into the local water supply

Stock holders ain't gonna cry

Worried politicians, we'll just buy

Public complains, we always deny

United States, that's a lie

Disjointed States, that we could try

Memorial parties & open stores

Now rushing hospital doors

How many will Saturday rally

Add to the COVID tally?

Over 700 dead just yesterday

So, prez supporters, get out, play

Deny science & reality

Maybe heaven you'll see

Probably not

Your next stop'll be hot!

Or just bones in a box

Sure won't be watchin' the fox

Dead on Earth

Another rain band is here

Who knows when skies clear

Big ole Low

Got no where to go

Vermont, 90 it may hit

While in the 60's we sit

Earth, still wild & in charge

Bet my dog's in neighbor's garage

Time to track him down

Visit our wet little town

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Stay safe

Be smart

Mask On

Stay Apart

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