because the largest fire in the history
of california burns right now (471k acres) & 3 m acres lie incinerated; because the sky turned red at noon; because ½ m humans evac’d in oregon, where the town of phoenix (!) burned up but did not rise again (“flames across the street from me flames to the right of me flames to the left of me” into the valley of death . . . or: “i’ve been shot down & shot at, but this — i’m still not over it,” sounds of gas tanks “popping”), we beseech thee, st. florian [response:] pray for us because colorado panted through its hottest august ever, only to face snow by labor day, temps plummeting 60 f degrees in 24 hours; & because massachusetts, rhode island, and conn. (like arizona) suffered their hottest summer on record, and because cyprus sweltered in its hottest day ever (115 f), we beseech thee, st. médard of picardy pray for us because africa wades, swims, drowns through and under its massive deluge -- b/c a downpour hammered senegal, & rained as much in a 7 hr period as a “normal” rainy season (july-sept); b/c 1.2m acres & $13 worth of crops rotted in nigeria; & b/c niger’s capital shut down, w/226k displaced; b/c sudan needs $1.6 b in flood relief, b/c the people camped on roads or any speck of higher ground have not seen any of it (“we are calling on everyone to stand by the citizens, the simple, poor citizens, who have lost their shelter & home,” sez alaa eldin, one of them), we beseech thee, st. adjutor pray for us because global heating amplifies & whipsaws weather patterns this way, b/c climate researchers say things like, “i admit i’m feeling a little freaked out”; & b/c “leaders” of govt. & industry have no intention to do anything, & b/c therefore, masses of humans must rise in their strength & put an end to it or else, we beseech thee, st. rita, patron saint of the impossible, i say we beseech thee, pray for us sinners, now & at the hour of our death amen
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Kristin Prevallet Author/Editor
I'm a writer & teacher in Lawrence, Kansas who actually believes the scientists. I wrote a book of poems called Of Some Sky that seems to have something to do with all this. |