Year 22

Year 22

It's the year 22
and triple digit temperatures
are straining the national power grid:
What are we to do?

It's the year 22
and the planet's lungs are burning--
the forests are going up in smoke--
What are we to do?

It's the year 22
and climate change it real,
it has become an international catastrophe:
What are we to do?

It's the year 22
it's time for us to take responsibility
for saving our home planet:
How will we do this?

Prompt: Write something with the number 22 as a domanant theme, topic, or idea in honor of WdC's 22nd birthday celebration.
Written for "The Whatever Contest." "The Whatever Contest -- Closed for Now" 
Word/Line Count: 16
Prompt 1: Write a poem of any style up to 22 lines long. Must somehow relate to or include the number 22.