Planet

In a room, politicians come and go

And talk of keeping us below

A temperature rise

Of one point five.

They thought we owned

The freehold of the world

But have been shocked to learn

It's on a lease that’s near its term.

Worse, there's been an early rent review

Triggered by our release of CO2

A landlord's letter has arrived

Headed "To whom it may concern"

Noting a general failure

To treat the place with care

And containing the repeated phrase

"As you are all certainly well aware"

Apparently, we've sent it back

Asking for some extra time

And clarification of a line

Buried in the back of the contract

Because in the small print

They seem to have spelled ‘evict’

‘Extinct’.