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This Is the Time
This is the time to rediscover Old books, old movies, old games, each other How technology connects us and less can sustain How sunshine, bloom, wind, and rain Are gifts. This is the time to reorder Our shelves and closets and drawers jammed with junk. Our muddled thoughts and careless words Our misplaced priorities, erroneous expectations and presumed rights of what life should be. This is the time to resist Face touching, handrails, shared food, sleepovers Extremes of ‘it’s nothing’ and ‘all’s lost’ Fear, panic, hoarding, hopelessness Blaming, shaming, authority berating This is the time to recognize Our frailty and feebleness Mortality and brevity That control is…