A century
of industry
of smog and fumes
and smokestack plumes
accustomed man
to striking orange sunsets --
low rays turning fiery
in the permanent dust
of high-yield production lines
in every sprawling city.
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Sixty years
of oily gears
of leaky tanks
and smelly river banks
Sewage seeped
in soil and ponds --
and children awe
on sunless days
at magic rainbows
on greenish puddles.
-3-
Two full decades
of cool arcades
of buzzing fans
and air conditioned tans
helped man endure
the rising heat --
a little price to pay
for neverending growth
for tropics at the poles,
and mangos in the Alps.
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Now you can have it too - make your offer!
We've colonized stellar vivariums
and made them warm and toasty
--There's one just for you!
Leave behind this grizzly waste
and buy a share of paradise --
a piece of 20th century retro-chic
created just for you!
Sandy beaches at the poles,
breathtaking sunsets, toasty heat,
satellite-stars that city light won't hide,
and filtered air inside your home.
We offer so much more!
We've packed each world with toxic waste
so yours might even develop
patentable three-legged fish.
For your utmost convenience,
Technologically Accelerated Worlds (tm)
guarantees your world
will last a lifetime.
- Fine Print -
The Company shall not be held responsible
for degradation once you die.
Children will be relocated at your expense
to a new Retro-Chic world.
