dies irae terrae # 13: new year
inauguration over new era begun much to
repair much to get on with: vaccs must
come first heal people then people heal
planet at least stanch the hemorrhaging
it's not like we haven't been warned – 18th
century malthus my dad reported in a 1954
speech told us our world was finite could
support only a number we were already close
to exceed he himself was helping that climb
with his and others' work improving corn
improving cows he said a day of reckoning
would surely come: if we didn't act soon our
world would do it for us – well it's happening
now and has been – my dad didn't know of land –
mass drift temps rising water rising but we've
been aware a long time now: there's maybe ten
years to halt reverse read kolbert mckinnon others
we must take action for an earth worth leaving to
grandkids, gr-gr-grands – perhaps this covid living is
preparing us to do much more with much much less
2021 Jacqueline Jackson
