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With so much to contend with, why so much denial?
The New N Word Volcanoes erupt Ice melts Boulders Scree All move freely All have purpose Ultimately resting Until dealt with Or not Such reality Chooses not a destiny Relying instead on nature's digestion Its need to purge on occasion Allowing gaseous release at times Forging its evolution Becoming either challenging obstacle Or opportunity for progress Why must some obviate such normalcy Forever choosing square pegs To fit round hole resistance At any cost Accusing simple physics as impediment? We work at defying life's unfolding Often insisting dark Over light Hard Over soft Pushing Gouging Throwing Any and all organicity aside After all We are sentient beings With comforts to protect Supremacy to uphold And the natural order of things? The phenomena often delivering Inopportune warnings Of things to come? Lest we forget In spite of an insidious new N word A 21st century conceived discrimination Ignorance-embraceable Intelligence-insufferable Nature knows not enslavement

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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Date: 3/22/2013 7:09:00 PM
Very enjoyable write. 'Nature's digestion' such a great metaphor. Hard to believe there's an Arbor Day when we spend half our life shaving our environment.
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