.
What would the word be for
It which includes Us? -something
outside ourselves.
What would that word be?
Surely not, Me.
Should be something a little less
narcissistic. How about just We
—or at minimum, I et tu?
—we are not brutes some say;
then I read the news
What would the word be for
I am entirely wrapped up in this planet thing
without it I’m nothing I need it even to breathe?
What would that word be?
……………
Jim Culleny; 5/2009