Social Commentaries

The In-Coming Climate

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)

Social Commentaries

Now o' nights the ocean breeze
Makes the patient flinch,
For that zephyr bears a sneeze
In every cubic inch.
Lo! the lively population
Chorusing in sternutation
A catarrhal acclamation!

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “The In-Coming Climate.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/153/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “The In-Coming Climate.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/153/.

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