Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Heat--The Silent Killer. Our farm workers are laboring in rising temperatures. When will they completely revolt to defend their lives In conditions of blistering heat While the rest of us are consuming our nourishment In artificially cooled and comfortable environs? Do we truly appreciate and are we grateful That these invincible workers labor on? The basic question, though, Is why would certain (eg FL and TX) governors Sign laws to counter efforts Of more humane members in their governments To allow temporary shade and water and rest when needed For harvesters of our food, toiling over the heated earth? One governor is caught blurting out If heat remedies 'are enacted here and there, it will cause A lot of problems 'down there' for our farming businesses.' We still, sadly, value our fellow persons on a scale. Frank Maurer 15 April 2024 0830 Hours.