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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (27236)	12/18/2009 7:03:26 PM
From: average joe	1 Recommendation Respond to of 36917

Al Gore (rhymes with bore) invents a poem about global climate warming change [Updated] Al Gore lost the 2000 presidential election. Barack Obama lost the 2016 Olympics bid. Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now it seems Al Gore is going for the Nobel Prize in literature. He's written a powerfully apocalyptic poem about global warming: Vapors rise as Fever settles on an acid sea Neptune's bones dissolve ... It's so depressing (in fact, don't watch this video down below if you can help it) that the losing ... ... presidential candidate didn't include it in his upcoming new ... youtube.com ... book looking toward the environmental future -- if indeed there is one after the carbon footprints in the sky of all the private jets flying into and out of Copenhagen for the U.N. climate change conference and the millions of words being uttered there. Conan O'Brien suggested the other late-night that Danish police broadcast Al Gore speeches over loudspeakers to sedate crowds of violent eco-protesters. That's probably untrue. But Gore says his new poem is essentially the condensation of a 28-page chapter he also didn't include in the book, due out next year -- if indeed there is a next year. Despite fears of contributing to global gloom just before the holidays -- if indeed there are any holidays this year -- we are hesitantly publishing the entire poem below, with a hat tip to Amanda Sterling. Warning: Do not read it alone. -- Andrew Malcolm Roses are red, violets are blue, Twitter alerts of each new Ticket item are waiting here for you. Or follow us @latimestot. We're also over here on Facebook. And our new Facebook fan page is here. by Al Gore One thin September soon a floating continent disappears In midnight sun Vapors rise as Fever settles on an acid sea Neptune's bones dissolve Snow glides from the mountain Ice fathers floods for a season A hard rain comes quickly Then dirt is parched Kindling is placed in the forest For the lightning's celebration Unknown creatures Take their leave, unmourned Horsemen ready their stirrups Passion seeks heroes and friends The bell of the city On the hill is rung The shepherd cries The hour of choosing has arrived Here are your tools [For the Record, added at 7:01 a.m.: A previous version of this post stated that Al Gore won an Oscar. He did not, but "An Inconvenient Truth," a film featuring his climate-change message, did.] latimesblogs.latimes.com