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Early Mid Afternoon May 22nd 2020

Early/mid afternoon May 22nd, 2020... Raindrops percolate Perkiomen Valley watershed pleasant reprieve versus quite warm temperatures yesterday found yours truly averse attempting re: ding outside, the secluded alcove visible looking thru single bedroom window here, once upon time former Schwenksville Elementary School, now re: purposed Highland Manor apartment alphanumeric unit B44, 2day precipitation lightly palpitating terra firma quenching thirsty flora and fauna donning viz age fifty plus shades of lush green meteorological regular phenomena offsets prospect where drought would deprive biota requisite liquid nourishment speculation June, July, and August promise triple digits essentially forcing creature comfort ala air conditioning as climate control to weather extreme hot temperatures linkedin with global warming, a grim prospect lately tempered courtesy coronavirus COVID-19 inexplicably temporarily giving respite the Earth atmosphere purportedly less toxic since countless manifold modes of industrial production lockdown subjected since employees in quarantine to thwart contagion infecting adjacent areas, thus impacting transportation hub, no substantial traffic most rerouted thru information superhighway data bits and bytes sent to and fro, hither and yon, until "green light" signalled for businesses to reorient themselves to alternate paradigm, hoop fully more eco friendly less dependent upon fossil fuels, where greenhouse gases deplete ozone layer compromising delicate balance offset severely trending toward by Yoda - star wars pitched battles witnessing galactic empires armed 2 teeth with supersonic weapons mass destruction spelling demise of human civilization think brinkmanship whereby within eyeblink en- tire realm encompassing eastern, western, northern southern, brethren and cistern multifarious legacies snuffed out without a trace extinguishing gamut of living things great and small, perchance world wide web overtaken with radiation resistant critters, an unrecognizable changing of the guard when no pry mates abled (Cain not) wrest control against giant size carnivorous entities deliciously feast carrion until nothing but lovely bleached (bomb shelled) bones scattered across the pock marked terrestrial landscape - mush room 4 opportunistic organisms.

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