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Will We Stand for This?
December 13, 2019

    “Rising Arctic temps cause sea ice to melt at alarming level, threatening habitats and cultures.” [1]

    I want to rest on the shore
    until the urchins break skin
    and the salt seeps in.

    Salt that seals my nostrils.
    Salt that makes pain edible.
    Salt of injustice boiled over.

    The seas are rising.
    The cold tides will drown me
    in their froth and churn.

    Why stand? The bleak horizon
    holds no promise of light;
    The mighty waves erase

    all human endeavor.
    What wayward ship will find its way
    by the pale blue dot of my eyes?

    What slender hope
    keeps me here, caught between
    the depths and the shallows?

    Night begins to draw its curtain on me.
    The audience has gone home.
    For whom do I empty myself?

    There is a spark in me that leads
    to the place our dreams belong;
    What good to guess at the future?

    These questions are wet matches
    I strike at over and over.
    How many to change the world?


    [1] Rice, Doyle. Rising Arctic Temps Cause Sea Ice to Melt at Alarming Level, Threatening Habitats and Cultures. USA Today, 11 Dec. 2019, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/10/arctic-report-card-temperatures-rise-sea-ice-melts-exceptionally-low-level/4385182002/.

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