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The poem is about waking in the morning and reading the newpaper as I enjoy a cup of coffee. I try to point out all the depressing events taking place in this world whille I am insulated from them in my little mountain cabin..

I Rise

I Rise
I open the windows of my humble adobe
I breathe in the mountain air
I make a pot of coffee
Then read the News...

Recession, inflation 
Homeless, addiction 
Waste on our streets

Men and women on the mall
Lead in the air
Another one falls
Rifles galore

Rockets hit Kyiv
Russia waring
Men take aim, insanely proud

Little ones dying
Africa starving
Immigrants waiting
Refugees seeking
 
It makes me ill
I open the windows more
I breathe in the mountain air 
I see deer in the meadow below
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