As some of us
prepare to creep tentatively
into the world
beyond our doorstep
What is this world?
Is it the ancient and modern world
of privilege and want? *
The globes of constellations
chasing each other
now playing tag with satellites?
chasing each other
now playing tag with satellites?
The weight of the world
rests on whose shoulders?
Have we learned anything? **
Is it a Globe of Stereotypes?***
Is it a Globe of Worthless Money? ****
Is it a Globe of Flight*****
where “birds are free
from the chains of the skyway”
--Bob Dylan
where “birds are free
from the chains of the skyway”
--Bob Dylan
Will we travel again
and sense the wonders
of that which is unknown?******
and sense the wonders
of that which is unknown?******
“With dewdrops dripping
I wish somehow I could wash
this perishing world”
-Basho
I wish somehow I could wash
this perishing world”
-Basho
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***Gail Rieke
****Gail Rieke
*****Gail Rieke
******Gail Rieke
