Does He
Still Deny A Climate Change?
(asked by the least political of observers)
Is he
denying still,
Or is he
stalling, stone(y)walling
Wailing
about other things,
Like
Mexicans and walls while slinging
Maddening,
outrageous barbs
About the
so-called loss of jobs
To South
Korea while a North Korean
TV lady
sobs with joy
About a
bomb to be employed
(You all
know which I mean)
That
starts a chain
That
takes out half a planet.
Does he
still encourage fossil fuel production
Leading
in the wrong direction?
Does he
not see rising seas
And
floods and famines and disease
Around
and as potential
Heats and
droughts and quakes to come?
Or does
he see the states as humming?
Self-deception
quintessential:
Lies.
Who can
call it otherwise?
What is a
lie?
And how
does one get by with lying
And
denying, falsifying, flying
In the
face of truth
As often
as he tries – no, does
With
head, mind, pen, hand buzzing.
I shall
stop! But you, my friend
May make
a noise, examine cause, while empathizing
Till an end.
This
being written off the cuff,
Now it is
time to send this off
Into the
world of cyber.
Ri Chun Hee, 74, has been described as the “voice of North Kore” and “the people's broadcaster.” For more than 40 years she has been the most celebrated newsreader on the country's only news outlet, Korean Central Television, though many of her colleagues and supervisors have been purged. Her affinity for bright pink Choson-ots, traditional Korean formal dresses, has earned her the title of “pink lady.” With her aggressive voice, one that North Koreans say "fills up the screen," she has regularly announced the regime's message, condemned its enemies, and narrated the lives and exploits of three generations of North Korean leaders. In 2009 the state-run "Chosun Monthly" claimed that the country's founder Kim Ilsung pushed her "with warm love and faith" to develop an authoritative voice, which "grew to have an appeal so that whenever she would speak on the news, viewers were touched. When Ri announced reports and statements, enemies would tremble in fear." She joined Korean Central television in 1971 and retired in 2012 but continues to make major public announcements.
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