If Wishes Were Horses

If wishes were horses....

A wish-horse carried Donald John Trump into the White House.

Coal country wishing that Climate Change were not real. Wishing that those with Black Lung Disease did not depend on the extensions of eligibility that the Affordable Care Act accorded them.

Oil and Natural Gas Country wishing that Climate Change were not real. Wishing that Miles Per Gallon regulations were not enacted reducing the amount of gasoline needed by American cars.

Steel Country wishing that the ship for American produced steel had not already sailed.

White America wishing that the White Majority ship had not already sailed.

American Nationalists wishing that their futures were not intertwined with the futures of the rest of the world.

The Covid-19 Pandemic has stripped away the veil of wishes. Climate change is real. Steel production is not coming back to America. Coal is not coming back. America, indeed the World, cannot continue to depend on fossil fuels for energy.

Artificial boundaries setup by wishful people and their governments will not protect us.

Willful ignorance and bombast from wish-mongering leaders will not protect us.

Wishes are not horses and a World divided will not stand.