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A winter storm is passng and
These thoughts come to me.
We have killed off the Indians and
Dug deep trenches on the mountainsides and
Clean-cut the forests and swamps and
Pumped up the residue of forests long dead and
Burnt the residue as fuel for our motors and
Machines and pollution-spewing factories and
Now the earth is warmer and the ice is melting
and
The sea is rising and
This winter storm puts these thoughts into my
mind and
I wonder about the link between my life and
habits and
This fierce winter storm.
--January 30, 2013 |