collect the stories
and choose recipes
and remember the important things
like trees
next year I will have
forgotten again
but I like all the rituals
I can do in my own home
come and eat and fill
your cup and pour it out again
they tried to kill us
we’re alive
let’s eat
the trees will still be there
outside the window
working on new leaves
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fending off and fending for
and finding ways of being
of some use to somebody
there’s a path to be found
between each alarming thought
towards appreciation
and maybe even towards action