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PROBLEMS

As you may know, to loom is
To come into view hazily, as through a fog.

You may also be aware that dust from the Sahel
Fertilizes the Amazon basin.

Pundits have done a remarkable job, really,
Of conveying the news that the news
Is preoccupied with discussions of strategy
And the dissemination of tactically placed
Press releases, and not with the independent
Remit of relevant change.

Wanted posters are less prominent in post offices
Than computer-enhanced guesses
Of how missing children may have aged.

The oceans are taking on huge quantities of carbon.

Inertia: still number one with a bullet.

Increased feelings of powerlessness don't halt
Pharma sector's slide.

A hero emerges from the fog, speaking
The language of the fog.