Tagged: climate

because chaos is

because chaos is
uncountable, we are
asked to refrain from
recognizing multiple
chaoses, grasping
syndemics, even
in an emergency
of our own doing
and undoing
.
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your collective

your collective
decision to mark
the change in our
environment is tied
to what we see
and what we
don’t see, what
we say yes to
and what we deny
.
20191028:0800
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: collective

Spring is a spry cat –

Spring is a spry cat –
we follow, helpless to its
mercurial whims
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: mercurial

let us focus on being

let us focus on being
whole though not
any less
broken together –
it takes a good
demolition
to see the light,
to find a reason
for bringing
our pieces closer
.
20161112:1112
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we cannot believe

we cannot believe
what has become of us is
what we say before

and after, startled into
ignoring and accepting worse
.
20160919:0714
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there are moments

there are moments
when we are cornered
by weariness,
sleep not yet ripe
enough to be plucked
.
20160711:0801
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by the middle of

by the middle of
september, summer begins
her acrobatics –

opposite autumn, she is
exhibiting her finest
.
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the things we say

the things we say
to each other when
we think we are alone
should sometimes be
tried out
in a climate
controlled room
.
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spring tunes up

spring tunes up
and down the radio
dial, looking for
a familiar song
to play, while the
rest of us are
on the edges of
our seats, waiting
to be relieved
.
20120426:0845
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in the race for

in the race for
earth, it is a zero
sum game, when
wrangled through
a partisan prism
.
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