Science Flash (In the Pan) Fiction (Only It's True)

Science Flash (In the Pan) Fiction (Only It's True)

I tried my best to keep things the way they were so the children would have the same top-consumer lifestyle we'd all had after reforming ourselves from being stupid hippies & becoming even more materialistic (what else is there?) than our grandparents & parents.-------But I failed. Not enough of us voted. Not enough of us demanded change more quickly from all the things we didn't need that turned our planet into a deadly-hot, firey inferno, not fit for any living person, plant or animal. Greta Thunberg's blood is on my hands, & yours, as is the blood of every child & adult that followed her passionately. They had to release a debilitating virus on the entire planet right after she made it to the cover of Time Magazine, just to stop her, to preserve the Fortune 500. Now Wall Street stands silent, as do the wastelands of forests, jungles, mountains & oceans. And all I can do, the last one, alone, as I wait for my fate, is qoute the Bible.-----"Let the dead bury their dead." (Screams into the vacuum of empty space over & over again....

 Susan Beverly MLA

Susan Beverly MLA has gotten awards for her writing since first grade, including her adult play, two short stories and many poems, as well as being published in lots of small journals over the last twenty years. She's run critique groups, reading venues and been a featured poet worldwide. Under The Thunder, a CD of poetry was requested by her many fans because of her sultry voice that would sound amazing even reading a phone book. SusanBeverly2003@yahoo.com Her writing credits include: Smile Hon',You're in Baltimore, Digges' Choice, The Sunpaper, Wordhouse, Throb, Event Hoizon, Carroll County Times, Baltimore's Child, Omega, Ashes & Sparks, Postcards from the Beach, Out of the Mouths of Men, Delmarva Review, Hawaii Review..