America has the feel of friends walking around a hospice, refusing to say the words "Death or Die."
A year ago, we had a fully functioning American government. Now we have a well-equipped terrorist organization.
Yet business plans must be made
so people have a chance at getting paid
We do not know how not to wake up, go to work, pay our bills, attempt to chill out and repeat
But we will find out as your $600 cart of groceries shrinks
As bills pile up and sit unpaid
and credit card debt spirals
Today I had an interesting moment that made me realize just how deep into the apocalypse we already are.
I was at a lake place in Minnesota, and many of the plants are yellow, there is garbage all about, but signs that people are trying to make a life.
I look into the lake. The water is crystal clear, but all the water plants are growing algae, and the bottom of the lake has patches of algae.
Its the end of September, but it's been like 80 degrees all week.
Then I realize the lake issues are seen on other lakes around here. The plant growth and yellowing are all around. Some of this is seasonal, but much of it isn't.
When I die doing laundry
(Don't laugh
I've seen my fate
that's how I die)
Put in my obituary that I died how I lived
(doing laundry)
and when the youngest grandchildren ask
"Where is grandma?"
you may answer
"In the eternal laundry room
in the sky"
If it was just geo-politics
it would not be the end of the world
just the end of an era
we have been through rough patches where the old ways have fallen away
and the world feels as if it's spinning apart
and it is, we've hit another patch
in all of history we have managed to persist through those patches
but
we have also reached another point
a point where the oceans can not hold any more carbon
the fishes are dying
the air can not hold any more carbon
the birds are dying
the polar ice caps are melting in February
instead of enjoying the bounties of the earth
we have raped her
most of us didn't mean to
its our culture
a culture built to require cars
to get food
shipped twice across the world
before it makes it to your supermarket in cute little packaging
all that convenience so we can work for the men
who pay for the politicians
who make it profitable to
pump more oil
pump and drill
pump and drill
but orgasms never come
unless they jack off to their balance sheets
Ok is not that everything is right
its learning to breathe through it
to notice the little magical things
dancing fireflies, butterflies
the reflections of light across the bed
or hear the birdsong
enjoy the warmth of a hug
or a particularly good bit of jello
maybe your toothpaste made a perfect Q
or your kid's goofy smile
It's putting one foot in front of the other
and continuing our journey
because the only destination we are sure of
is death someday
and that is ok
that is ok
Come and face 2025 with me
although we do not know what we will see
together, as this play unfolds
we will be hand in hand to behold
the wonderous, the beauty
the majesty of the roll-up scene
scary parts there will be too
and sadness that will rip your heart right through
but without the sadness, we can not see the full splendor of this majesty
how full healing is not a restoration of the pre-harmed state
but incorporates the lessons of the pain to create
stronger and more whole individual
how sadness can become the rebar in our concrete resolve
the concrete that will help us face whatever the future may bring
so come face 2025 with me
and we will watch
and we will see
Trump will be forced to employ single-payer health care in the US, unfortunately, it will come too late to save 30% of our people.
