Ancient Greeks built temples to face rising
Sun, deemed supreme by both Athens and Rome.
Aristotle, stressing science, assigned
solar as processing “change and becom-
ing and decay”, bearing water away
and to us. Plato praised the sun for “light
and sight”. Friendship, wise Cicero would say,
reflects that glowing body. Why we fight
it these days, of course: Mammon for Big Oil.
Coins for Coughing Coal. Nuggets for Nuclear.
The Greed Breed could care less if thick air spoils
our earth, gags our children. They’ve made it clear:
Profit Over All. While they spread pipelines,
Germany just banned combustion engines.
Roger Armbrust
November 30, 2016
