(This poem is from the perspective of the polar bears in Russia, currently struggling to survive.) <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Vacant.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n by Kailey Skirpan (This poem is from the perspective of the polar bears in Russia, currently struggling to survive.) Vacant.\u00a0\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it scary?\u00a0\u00a0The Russian snow has begun to melt.\u00a0\u00a0The icebergs we stake as \u201chome\u201d.\u00a0Liquefied.\u00a0\u00a0The world is dying, and now we are too.\u00a0\u00a0Our intention is not to hurt.\u00a0\u00a0Just curious of what safety you have to offer.\u00a0Please Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Isn\u2019t it scary?\u00a0\u00a0
The Russian snow has begun to melt.\u00a0\u00a0
The icebergs we stake as \u201chome\u201d.\u00a0
Liquefied.\u00a0\u00a0
The world is dying, and now we are too.\u00a0\u00a0
Our intention is not to hurt.\u00a0\u00a0
Just curious of what safety you have to offer.\u00a0
Please let us in. Shield us from the uncertainty of outside.\u00a0\u00a0
The dying earth has left us\u00a0vacant and alone.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those of Earth, need to stop and realize.\u00a0\u00a0
Mother Nature\u2014does not halt for anyone.\u00a0\u00a0
Soon,\u00a0you\u00a0<\/em>will be left without a home.\u00a0\u00a0
The same pain and\u00a0fear\u00a0<\/em>that has been placed upon us\u2026.\u00a0
Will be upon\u00a0you.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0
And all you will feel, is\u00a0vacant and alone.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"