Now a hurricane has hit East Coast/we stock up
evacuate or remain in dangerous houses/knowing
these winds will blow on through
New Orleans a metaphor for community
Looting and shootings by police as true
as every cat and dog and horse rescue(and people,too!
who were welcomed in Austin and who felt part of community-but tell me
why does it take a calamity to precipitate community?
Whether these are Bibical times/End Times/The Last (Armageddon) Days
why are we so fascinated with destruction and devastation?
Why do we celebrate September 11
and not November 11(Armistice Day-the end of wars..
There seems something perverse in worshiping dead gods-
Mars,Jove,Jupiter,Jesus,
Joe The Plumber should not run for Congress
Real communities exist beneath headlines and bylines and faux journalism
We are bound and freed by ,with and for each other-each to each
and we have nowhere else to go
so love ,strengthen,support and encourage each other
or...
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