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Persimmon Haze

Of course the sky is apocalyptic this week

an orange hue signaling a climate change

both here

and abroad

A shift in the very air we breathe

New and different and unsettling all around us

A golden glow lit up a heart etched in tree bark,

but it only looked so beautiful

because the world is on fire.

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Jennifer Butler Basile
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4 thoughts on “Persimmon Haze

  1. Danielle's avatar Danielle says:

    A moving take on an eerie light. In the immortal words of Bob Dylan, ‘if the Bible is right, the world will explode.’ [from Things Have Changed- a song title with an apt comment on the climate]

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