A Poet's Journey

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A Poet's Journey
A Poet's Journey
Change Falls Upon Us

Change Falls Upon Us

A thief steals swiftly in the night

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Apr 16, 2023
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AI Image by Robert G Metivier with Adobe Firefly beta, 2022
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A Haiku String on Extremism

Change falls upon us
As a thief steals in the night,
Swift, unexpected

This final chapter
To a story with no plot,
Uninterrupted

Runs swift to its end,
Only to find that there is
No one left reading.

Caught in the forces
Regressive and misguided,
No longer pretends

It knew its pur…

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