[SustainableTompkins] The Eleventh Hour

[David Hessler]

thanks Eric, that was beautiful.

Did you ever figure out your wood heating situation?

-David


Eric Banford wrote:
> I wrote a poem that I'd like to share with this list. I hope it's an appropriate "topic".
> Take care,
> Eric
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> The Eleventh Hour
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> It is the eleventh hour
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> so hang up your cell phone.
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> LOL one last time
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> and then unplug yer internets.
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> park your car,
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> and turn off the house lights.
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> Move your washing machine
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> outside next to the play set,
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> the kids will have fun climbing..
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> Oops, the clock just ticked
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> again.
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> It is 11:01
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> and there are 42 bazillion people
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> and no oil
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> and the clean water
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> is going going
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> but not..
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> Oops, the clock ticked again.
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> Were you watching?
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> Did you see it coming?
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> What happened on Heroes this week?
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> It is time to put up your clothes line.
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> Hoe a row
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> and get your hands dirty.
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> Walk to your neighbor's house
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> and trade some jam
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> for those heirloom seeds
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> that you will surely need.
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> There is ancient magic
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> in your Grandma's eyes,
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> so sit at her feet
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> and listen.
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> It will all come back to you.
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> It had better.
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> For it is the eleventh hour
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> and the sand has run down.
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> The time of softness and ease
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> is passing,
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> the long long credit line
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> is due.
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> And the only thing to save us
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> is not some techno fix
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> but a shift in perception
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> from me
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> to we.
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> We are not separate
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> or above,
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> we are part 
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> of the Web of Life.
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> So start to remember
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> now,
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> before  
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> midnight
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> comes,
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> and both hands
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> point
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> to the sky.
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>                         Eric
> Banford
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>                         December
> 17, 2007
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