New Year’s Eve in the Anthropocene
Before you party, pray the party soon goes away because we’ve slam danced Earth to bits and it’s Time (poor, old Man) coming back to a home all trashed who keeps on yelling “STOP!” Oh heart! Oh heart! What have we done? All the treasure hoarded in our ballooning ventricles has been crushed by the fierce contractions of our steroid-muscles. It’s Time (poor, dumb Kid) growing up in Nowhereland who can’t get outside to play. Before you sack your Xmas tree or pack its plastic surrogate away in the manger of your self-storage locker, make a little vow to the coming year: I pledge, to the best of my ability, to keep all living trunks connected to their roots while cutting off as many ties as possible to phony petroleum products. It’s Time (hate to say it, folks) we got serious or religious or ingenious (better yet all three) about the downward ticking clock 3…2…1… Happy New ??? Before you party, pray and if this Time you don’t get past prayer, somehow I don’t think it will be a night completely wasted.
Mary.c.Johnston
Posted at 09:08h, 31 DecemberThe best New Years message I’ve seen yet! Thankyou I’m sending it on hoping it will make us all think and not ignore the part each of us play in the destruction of our earth.
Wendy McCreath
Posted at 09:18h, 31 DecemberCouldn’t agree more. We only need to look at what’s happening in Australia to see where the future leads us if we don’t shape up. Happy New Year indeed.
Peter Bisson SJ
Posted at 09:56h, 31 DecemberThank you Greg!
Lisa Calzonetti
Posted at 18:42h, 31 DecemberHope and action all rolled into one…..grazie my brother!
Leela Sandrasagra
Posted at 11:13h, 04 JanuaryDear Greg,
As I said: it is God’s gift to you, keep up he will guide your fingers to a more wider space of writing.
Thank you, for sharing . I had passed your work to Junior as he loves writing poetry as well.
Leela S