Wednesday, January 13, 2016

POEM: Regarding the Incident at Malheur Wildlife Refuge

The Place called Refuge

The refuge they took – it’s called the Malheur.

Note the name matches their countenances dour.

Well chosen!  For the freedom they find is bitter there
The dissonance more than their souls can bear.

Within them chthonic furies rage
Pseudo-individualists trapped and caged.

The myths of plenty and endless vistas
Before them now but receding distance.

Image result for sage grouse danceSage grouse run from their arrogant stance

Give no more performances of passionate dance.

What DO they want to accomplish out there?
Will they be stewards?  The land needs care.

They live sickened hours and final days
And slam all doors that lead out of the maze.

Do not grant them that empty place
It’s already fully a sacred space.

Instead fill their lives with visionary     grace.

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