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The Burn

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Kathy Powers
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Ninety degrees
No cooling centers
What shall we do with?
No cooling centers?

Sunscreen clad
We flock to the beaches
Scorching bleached sand
We flock to the beaches.

Deadly yet welcome
The snow haters welcome
A singed planet Earth
The snow haters welcome.

The snow haters welcome
A singed planet Earth
And flock to the beaches
From no cooling centers.

Editor’s Note: Hear Kathy Powers’ discussion on KZRT Radio on the effect on seniors to the extreme heat in Chicago and the fight for the City to open 24 hour cooling centers at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikVvGfSjUXs

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Kathy Powers is a lifetime Chicagoan. At 50, Kathy speaks out as the voice of the people. She became a revolutionary activist whose lifelong fight raises unheard voices. She is the Health Care Desk on the People’s Tribune Editorial Board.

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