flat liner deniers

 flat liner deniers 

the graph flatlines

for not one more concerned in mind

is added to the warming warning 

the seas boil

yet not one irate mind

not one scream

is added to the welter  

the spectators watch 

adverts are consumed

time is consumed

not for one but for all

time is of the essence lost

not one finger is raised

not one frown is traced

to oblivion at thought’s edge

they are burying the graphs 

inverting them into smiles

simple similes do not hold water

that is turned to steam

some scream still stop yet still

not one sorry lily lies

upon the coffin of our times