Poems of the Week

Inactionability

by Alex Steelsmith

“G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality… [T]he leaders ‘took only baby steps’ in the agreement
and did almost nothing new… The leaders said they were ‘working on actionable options…’”

AP News

Blabbity blabbity,
carbon neutrality
seemed like a serious
goal, but in fact

leaders still working on
actionability
weren’t, apparently,
able to act.