The A1 Verse: Climate vows, for richer, for poorer

Every so often, a story published on the front page of the New York Times is so well written, meaningful, and appropriate to the Bulletin’s concerns that small snippets of it, properly chosen and arranged, produce something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry. That blessed coincidence occurred November 7, 2022.

We suspect it’ll occur again.

At Climate Talks, Poorer Nations Say Rich Polluters Must Pay Up

(from the original by Brad Plumer, Lisa Friedman and Somini Sengupta)

left underwater,
retreating to escape,
devastated

demanding:
if you harm your neighbor,
you owe

difficult,
the idea
of disaster