by Nora Jay

“If American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg’s scolding, you guys can survive a few
months of Elon Musk.”
—J.D. Vance, Vice-President of the United States, to the European Union

For ten whole years we’ve wanted her to can it,
This nagger droning on about the planet.
Oceans and forests, birds, some sort of bear,
Plastic inside the food chain. Scare, scare, scare.
Though whittled down by Biden to a husk,
Democracy survived, as you will Musk.
Elected, no, but surely you prefer
His RIPs to elegies from her,
And here’s a bonus: if these “crises” grow,
NOAA’s extinct, so no one has to know.