The power of being human.

spoiled fruit 

stale bread

moldy cheese

ghosts at the table 

laughing

pretending to eat 

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catastrophe      something is wrong 

with the planet        it continues 

to spin as a planet should      but 

this earth of ours prays       like 

          an old man waiting to die 

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When I leave here 

let me go unembalmed into the soil 

no coffin 

no headstone 

let the world …