Challenge No.19 - Abecedarian*.
Write a story, scene, or poem that uses the abecedarian format. Start with the letter A or get creative and start anywhere in the alphabet you wish.
(*being arranged alphabetically.)
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Apocalypse
Became the
Clarion call of the
Desperate
Everyone ignored them
First came the flu as the
Globe got
Hotter and Hurricanes
Intensified
Justification the scientists said
Kill all that talk
Livelihoods are needed
Many roared
Now what's next
Over the horizon, it came
Pandemic
Queer they thought as it
Ruined so many
Science created
Tablets and
Universal
Vaccinations
Why, when we want it not
Xiuhcoatl* pray for us because
Yes, what we really want is a
Zero carbon footprint
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© 19 March 2022
* Xiuhcoatl is the Aztec fire-snake, the God of drought and scorched earth.
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