Worse than Sophie

Just the facts, ma'am

We've got 2 choices, neither great;

Stop burning fossils now, or wait.

The first, we'd be in position

to burn a few to ease transition.

Meet your horses, your new pals,

raze the suburbs, dig canals,

rethink where life's dangers lurk,

why we failed and what might work.

All countries would throw in their lot

without the least coercion.  Not!

The other plan, the one we'll do,

with luck will hit your kids, not you.

That one where we do not prepare

and get caught in our underwear.

It's much the same, only hotter,

and Florida goes under water.