Beware of Pundits

Beware of pundits, full of easy lies,

who overturn science to satisfy their base.

Playing the fool to mislead the wise,

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these talking heads in silk suits and ties

denounce scientists till they're red in the face.

Beware of pundits, full of easy lies--

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shills paid to spread Big Oil’s alibis

while glaciers melt without a trace.

Playing the fool to mislead the wise,

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they roll out resolutions to disguise

drought in the Amazon that’s now taking place.

Beware of pundits, full of easy lies,

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who deny the effects of sea level rise,

the bleaching of coral we’ll never replace.

Beware of pundits full of easy lies,

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and alternate truths--anything that falsifies

the existential crisis we now face.

Playing the fool to mislead the wise,

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they don't care if anyone (including you) dies,

for they’ve never known the meaning of disgrace.

Beware of pundits, full of easy lies,

playing the fool to mislead the wise.