It’s going away, fraying–
this tenuous connection–
what is the meaning of never?
Death.
Learning new ways
to describe
what isn’t,
we make no
apologies. Words can’t be
sorry enough.
Extinction.
We learn nothing,
believing we already know.
We fill our plates with emptiness.
A quadrille for dVerse, hosted by Linda. The word is extinction.
K. 
That is good. We fill our plates with emptiness. That just about sums it up.
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Sadly it does. Thanks Jane.
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🙂
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That last line is incredible.
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Thanks Lynda.
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Nice last line and this one: “what is the meaning of never?”
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Thanks Frank. Life is full of seemingly unanswerable questions…
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Beautifully written, Kerfe. The last line is fantastic.
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Thanks Robbie. It’s a subject much on everyone’s mind these days. Now if we can only translate those thoughts to action.
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At least writing about it keeps it in the forefront of people’s minds, Kerfe. We are doing our bit in our own way.
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We are–in many respects, that’s all we can do.
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Emptiness, arrogance, an stupidity Kerfe — it is a 3 course meal.
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It is Rob. Hopefully we can learn to prepare better ones.
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Emptiness still drives obesity it seems.
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Yes you’re correct.
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Beautifully written, Kerfe–and tragic.
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Thanks Merril. Even with all the inspiring actions and words of the last week, it seems our leaders are going to do just what they have been doing–nothing.
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Yes, unfortunately.
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“We fill our plates with emptiness.” Such a tragic poem, Kerfe.
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Thanks Sara. It’s not a happy time for the environment.
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