Libra

Libra weighed whether sprayed orange hue

In a protest was damage, or due

By Earth’s plight … Jury views

Reached consensus: “Good news—

As the paint has been cleared, so are you!”

 

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Florida State University who has returned to live in his native England. His poems have appeared in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, the Creativity Webzine, Current Conservation, the Ekphrastic Review, Grand Little Things, Light, Lighten Up Online, the New Verse News, Oddball Magazine, Rat’s Ass Review, WestWard Quarterly and other journals. The poem was prompted by the Guardian story, “Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest: Trio argued orange powder protest day before 2024 solstice was justified because of focus on climate emergency.”