Part of the solution

Beetles and fungus turn

anorexic and shy away from

Siberian, Canadian and

Patagonian bark.

Trees, shrubs and weeds uproot

and slouch north yearly

while sea corals shimmy

past cables under the sea.

Polar bears, seals and walruses

graze alongside deer, moose, cattle

and sheep, eager as border collies.

Glaciers gorge on ice and exit

the Palm Beach-Palm Springs diet.

Methane clathrates recrystalize

instead of foaming at the mouth

of subsea rivers and volcanoes.

Christians, Muslims and Jews

plus a Buddhist and Hindu

or two (as in two billion)

in timed, unified prayer

herd Indian monsoon rainclouds

over North Africa and lift

the coasts and river fronts of

Bangladesh, Venice and

Micronesia, then pledge sex

only on holidays.

Rain, fruits and rice return

to inland Australia like

green boomerang.

Rambo, the Terminator

and Superman join forces

to bottle blizzards and spread

frosting across the poles.

And yes, Virginia, Santa Claus

wanders the streets in a

tatty red suit homeless, stuffing

coal into the socks of energy

execs and K Streeters

even as they wear them.