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Where do we hide
when Mother Nature
swings her fist
into the mesh
of continuity?
Who engineered these promises
we thought were tempered steel?
The shrapnel of reality
cuts through our paradigm
as we shield our eyes
from fire
and the collapse of illusion.
Where do we draw our water now?
How can we bake our bread?
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(c) 1995, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
Thoughts and prayers to those affected by hurricanes, fires, droughts, floods, violence, and other disasters of late. May the help they need so badly be forthcoming.
(Originally written for Kobe, Japan after their disastrous earthquake in 1995.)
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