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    [post_content] => Coal, we need to talk.
Look, this is not your fault
But Industry was a long time ago
And I know you were excited for our 250th anniversary
Honestly, it’s not you, it’s me
I just need my space
This relationship has been so fast paced
Remember our first date, and I had all those cheesy pick up lines like:
Are you a cheap, reliable, easily accessible energy source needed to compete with a growing, global market? Because, I could mine you intensively...
And here’s a classic:
Were you forged at the birth of the universe? Because you’re a star...

But those days are passed
And frankly, with the age gap between us, it just wasn’t going to last
And I know you’re still angry with me about cheating on you with nuclear energy
But when we’re talking about efficiency, productivity and longevity
You were just not up to the task.

Before I go, you should know, I’m seeing other power sources
Solar energy has been texting me and I’m going for coffee with hydroelectricity
I guess I’m just now into sustainability

I’m not saying it’s the end
And we can still be friends but
It’s time for us both to move on
I’ve been dragging out this relationship for far too long
I really should have let you go when I found out about this climate change fiasco
But it was just so easy to use and abuse you
I guess I wasn’t thinking about my responsibility towards you
And you get most of the blame and that’s not fair as the biggest share of shame should be mine
We’re just running out of time

Goodbye
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    [post_modified] => 2021-04-13 13:32:37
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            [content] => Nadia is a top 15 winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2019. She is the first-prize winner in the 11-15 age category in the Turn Up the Volume challenge on Young Poets Network, and the first-prize winner in the 2019 poetry translation challenge with Modern Poetry in Translation, judged by Clare Pollard. She is also the second-prize winner in August Challenge #2: Fairy Tale Poetry and the third-prize winner in the meme challenge, written and judged by poet Rishi Dastidar. Nadia is commended in the moon poetry challenge, judged by Nii Parkes; the Golden Shovel challenge, judged by Peter Kahn; in August Challenge #1: Re-mixing History, Fiction and the Unexpected; in the Human Cell Atlas challenge; in the Keats challenge, part of The Poetry Society's celebrations of Keats's bicentenary in 2021; and in Super Mario, Fidget Spinners & Beyoncé: The Pop Culture Poetry Challenge.
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