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Late November

Late November the forest is a skeleton

As we climb up the ridge onto the ancient granite

The angular light overlays sharp shadows

Stepping lines across the glowing lichen.

Finding a measure of solace being here

A place apart from the daily horror of current events

Healing the trauma as witnesses we experience

Keeping alive our optimism for humanity.

We are star dust created by a super nova explosion

Gathered together over eons in the immense universe

Now living carbon atoms conscious of this passing moment

Temporary bonds holding potential energy.

Vince explained that the empire must expand or die

When we were youth and the dominoes were falling.

We aligned with the fight against imperialist wars

Against all forms of oppression at home and abroad.

History has moved on into the next act.

Boots on the ground kick in doors at night.

Drones aim remote terror sudden carnage

Answered in kind with improvised atrocities.

No place where there are people is safe.

Racism, reaction and repression feed upon the fear.

In the midst of the agony of the end days

Hoping that a better world’s in birth.

Bearfort Ridge November

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