They turned their funny faces to the sun
On 4th and MacDougal
And sucked it down with a reusable straw that they bought from Whole Foods,
Because the earth is dying, like the children on their screens every day
And they drank the sun till there was salt on their lips
And they sighed,
“this is all we can take
         we can grow no more
                  we can sweat no more
                            we’ve had our fill and
                                     we want to go home”
And they ubered back to their 700 square feet

of central air and sage soy candles
And cranked the AC and put ice in their cups,
And they turned on the news
And gave their thoughts and prayers to the children

and they refreshed their feed

and checked the temperature for tomorrow