[SustainableTompkins] The Eleventh Hour

[Eric Banford]

I wrote a poem that I'd like to share with this list. I hope it's an appropriate "topic".
Take care,
Eric



The Eleventh Hour


 


It is the eleventh hour


so hang up your cell phone.


LOL one last time


and then unplug yer internets.


park your car,


and turn off the house lights.


Move your washing machine


outside next to the play set,


the kids will have fun climbing..


Oops, the clock just ticked


again.


 


It is 11:01


and there are 42 bazillion people


and no oil


and the clean water


is going going


but not..


Oops, the clock ticked again.


 


Were you watching?


Did you see it coming?


What happened on Heroes this week?


 


It is time to put up your clothes line.


Hoe a row


and get your hands dirty.


Walk to your neighbor's house


and trade some jam


for those heirloom seeds


that you will surely need.


There is ancient magic


in your Grandma's eyes,


so sit at her feet


and listen.


It will all come back to you.


It had better.


 


For it is the eleventh hour


and the sand has run down.


The time of softness and ease


is passing,


the long long credit line


is due.


And the only thing to save us


is not some techno fix


but a shift in perception


from me


to we.


We are not separate


or above,


we are part 


of the Web of Life.


 


So start to remember


now,


before  


midnight


comes,


and both hands

point

to the sky.


 


 


                        Eric
Banford


                        December
17, 2007


 







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