BLACK RAIN

Black rain is falling
From a loathsome black sky,
Even birds hide atop trees
Terrified to try to fly.

Black rain and black snow
Both spread across the ground,
Turning daytime into night
Within a small luckless town.

Pollution fills our atmosphere
Diseases spread from black rain,
Washing away all our dreams
Replacing them with only pain.

Black rain burning like acid
When it lands upon your flesh,
Black rain choking your oesophagus
Stealing away your breath.

Children squealing in terror
Adults running away to hide,
Animals burrowing underground
When they cannot get back inside

Black snow follows black rain
Leaving the city a smoking mess,
Devastating animals and plants
Shrivelling trees and forests.

Whenever black rain starts to fall
The innocents start to die,
Women try to comfort children
As terrified babies start to cry.

THE END
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia