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Happy two thousand twenty sixth birthday Autumn September 22nd, 2026

Happy two thousand twenty sixth birthday Autumn - September 22nd, 2026

September (comes 
from the Latin word septem, 
which means "seven)"
in the Northern Hemisphere
and March in the Southern Hemisphere
both approximately seasonally equivalent.

In the Northern Hemisphere,
the beginning of the meteorological
Autumn occurs on 1 September.

In the Southern Hemisphere,
the beginning of the meteorological
spring arrives approximately
six month later on 1 September.

Despite twittering, uber
sputtering kickstarting
onset of cool weather
argh, another brief daily spate
re: forecasting blistering,
nauseating, sweltering...
ninety degree plus Fahrenheit
temperature forecast
(along eastern seaboard)
courtesy Mister Summer,
who will overstay his welcome
hoop fully a more seasonable
cooling trend rounds out ninth month
(according to Gregorian calendar)
I eagerly look forward
to crisp refreshing air
much more comfortable
to weather being outdoors
within/out this sequestered enclave
postage stamp size geographical area
offers respite versus metropolitan
denser population centers,
the former disappearing open space
rather disheartening, but urbanization -
purportedly the definition of progress
finds once open farmland,
a tad more than fifty years back
crumbling barns now tombstones
testimony when people
farmed the land, and lived
linkedin with rhythms of nature,
which only found courtesy said vestiges
inevitably razed courtesy Gambone Brothers
(similar to boyhood home
at 324 Level Road) finds yours truly
brooding fast paced instant
credit karma gratification
twenty first century, which
small, medium forces at large
outfox the time tested imprimatur
i.e. latent powers planet Earth
unleashes (thank you global warming)
decrees final curtain call
Homo sapiens runs rampant
wreaking havoc all points of compass
already inundated with scorching,
melting ice caps, flooding...
future generations, yet unborn
might avoid predicated on
dramatic alternatives fossil fuels
already showered Gaia
with carbon dioxide
as well other noxious poisons
though vibrant advocacy
evident among students
vocally demonstrating against
irrevocable damage, whereby environment
and countries situated
near sea level take heavy hit,
nevertheless... cautious optimism flickers
inducing mandatory 
one hundred eighty degree
reorientation regarding eco friendly
methodologies initiated social activism 
courtesy second decade 
where twenty first century
tweeners and emerging adults
take up the mantle
fomenting progressive legislation
pregnant with urgency
less so to blithely accept
how the figurative cookie crumbles,
but more so collaborating 
and linkedin with like minded youth
“moreso” (commonly written
as two words, “more so”)
means to a greater extent or degree
across the webbed wide world
to staunch the hemorrhage
of global environmental tragedy
before the irrevocable tipping point
where apocalypse forecast 
allows, enables and provides
the grim reaper
to do a brisk business 
mainly emasculating, mulcting, 
thwarting, and zapping 
of the oblate spheroid
circling round the sun 
with an ever burgeoning load
of Homo sapiens sapiens
occurring within the following
Top Growth Countries:
Over half of the world's
total population increase
through 2050 driven
by just eight countries:
India, Nigeria,
the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Pakistan,
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Egypt,
and Indonesia, which

wherein Africa: This continent
witnesses the fastest growth rate
in the world plugging contraceptive
a moot point within patriarchal
Sub-Saharan Africa is projected
to see massive increases,
with countries like Niger,
Angola, and Tanzania
leading in percentage growth
buttressed courtesy patriarchal paradigms
in tandem where birth control 
hotly contested if not 
down right inaccessible
where the domain of freedom 
for women to virtually 
every country in the world
retains patriarchal structures 
and gender inequalities 
to some degree, 
with the most severe restrictions 
on women concentrated 
in conflict-affected nations 
across South Asia, 
the Middle East, 
and parts of Africa
imposes strains on finite resources
settint the stage 
for dire prognostications,
where so called third world countries
impact, exacerbate and exasperate 
females barely able to fend off 
food and water insecurities 
to lo mein, maintain,
sustain... technological civilization,
else quaint existence of thee
will be read about
in digitized history books.

Copyright © Matthew Harris | Year Posted 2026

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