Great Swamp Environs October 30, 2018

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the dark side of the moon

The dark side of the moon is not dark
As is obvious if you think about it
Except as a metaphor for what we cannot see
Meaning it is us who are in the dark.

These are dark days filled with bad news

When hateful violence is commonplace

With twisted murderers believing racist lies

Targeting innocents in a reign of terror.

Progress in human history has an ebb and flow

That will surge forward again as certain as the tide will turn

As the rising seas of global warming and climate change

Demand radical change to meet the challenge.

Now that the ultimate survival of humanity is in doubt

When discouraging developments depress our spirits

When greed and exploitation rule our government

We who advocate science for the people are subversive.

Captive in a culture that celebrates crass consumption

Not free to share the wealth equally so no one is poor

We don’t know what it would be like under socialism

For everyone to have what is needed without envy or fear.

All of life on earth is connected in a web supporting us

Transmuting everything into everything else

The way toxic pollution becomes what we ingest

What is done to nature is done to each of us.

To care for the planet and for future generations

To make a better world than what we were given

To leave behind new sustainable solutions

That’s a life lived well, giving a gift to posterity.

Let me say I am an optimist even as the fascists mobilize

At the risk of seeming ridiculous in the face of their brutality

So desperate to perpetuate their system of oppression

Our feelings of great love for humanity will prevail.

Skylands October 29, 2018

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