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RIP: the planet

February 13, 2021
By m1na GOLD, Olympia, Washington
m1na GOLD, Olympia, Washington
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I’m afraid

But not of death


I’m afraid what will come after


I’m not afraid

To take my last breath


I hope it will be peaceful


And under the shade 

Of an oak tree


I will fade

Into the ground


I’m not afraid

To become the flowers 


I’m afraid of what comes after


When the men come 


They chop down the oak tree

And proceed to mourn the loss of shade


But the next day

They’ll get paid


My flowers die under their heel,

I’m afraid 


For the day when the earth

Chokes on its own breath


I’m not afraid to die under the oak 

I’m afraid of what comes next

I’m afraid of the smoke



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