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Can't look the other way

I try to do my part

I'm counting down the hours

I worry for the future

But you don't seem to care

You mock the ones who try

Don't seem to realize

You're stuck on this sinking ship

I'm afraid and enraged

I can't understand

Why you persist in ignorance

In the face of the evidence

I never claimed to be perfect

Hypocritical, short-sighted, as much anyone else

My fear keeps me trying

To do the best I can for future generations