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# Status Quo Ante
- URL: https://www.andyposner.org/status-quo-ante/
- Published: 2021-05-01T12:54:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-15T05:03:05.000Z
- Description: I had a dream where from an impossible height I took in all the splendor and all the pain we’ve learned to live with.
- Author: Andy
- Tags: Be The Change, poetry, #Migrated-1784090317409, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-15 04:39

Each morning I arise to a world subtly  
changed. At breakfast I thank all that  
labored overnight to keep me alive—  
bats, insects, roots digging their  
tongues into Earth’s veins for a sip  
of blood. I pour a glass of lake  
and eat a slice of mountain,  
open my blinds to let in that stranger,  
the slow-rising sun I’ve entrusted my  
waking hours to. Good morning, good morning.  
Would you like some butter? We have so little time!

I had a dream where from an impossible height  
I took in all the splendor and all the pain  
we’ve learned to live with.  
Do you hear that commotion? Farmworkers,  
poets, and bees are gathering their tools—  
some they use to survive, others to transform,  
another day.