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Acid Rain
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  1. Levi Tafari
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      500 TONS, ASSORTED CHEMICALS
 100 ACTIVE FACTORIES
 ¼ MILLION CAR EXHAUST FUMES
 10,000 MEGAWATTS ENERGY
 70sq MILES FOG
 10 inches RAIN
 50 MILLION HUMAN EGOS
 WITH MENTALITIES THAT ARE INSANE

      Take the assortment of chemicals
 put them in a factory
 change their composition
 by adding the energy
 release them into the atmosphere
 to mingle with the car exhaust fumes
 then wait for the fog to arrive
 in the afternoon
 when the clouds explode
 due to atmospheric strain
 the particles of water mix with the smog
 and turn to ACID RAIN.
 Sprinkle the RAIN on the EARTH
 to cause mass contamination
 and this is another recipe
 of our DESTRUCTION

      Acknowledgments

      This poem was originally published in Tafari L. Rhyme Don’t Pay. Wirral, UK: Headland Publications, 1993 (available from Headland Publications at 38 York Avenue, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 3JF), and is reproduced in the JECH with the author’s permission.

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      • Tafari Poem Collection

        This poem is one of a collection of eight poems by Levi Tafari on environmental health.
        Recordings (video and audio) of four of the poems are available.

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