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You read poetry for the survival that filters through its lines
Poetry that promises healing
          no matter wars in distant lands
Poetry's brash cracks of hope as the planet veers
           off kilter in disarray 
           with lines idling, a narrow gush of pleasure 

Poetry with a script of heroes 
          that wipes away the mess of life,
          earth's crowded house of frenzy
Poetry with multi layered meanings
            most a fog, like digital tech updates

Poetry to sanitize the world, which it won't
Poetry to restore the thin crust of political civility,
             which it doesn't

And if you're the last person to see the light,
          poetry won't save you

Still your need to read poetry expands
          a validation of landscapes unseen
          a lighthouse in a world of complications
          for sometimes verses lift your thinking
          for sometimes lines breath through you.





Poem revised:  May 5, 2021

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