25/30 - quarantine lite

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Post critical mass on the downslope of a tipping point
Over the hill as a species
Experiencing possible forced retirement

And I don’t want to go back to normal

Our hands are off the throat of the planet
Our feet are off the accelerators
The garage has been given a chance to stop filling up with exhaust

I’m sure we’ll find a way to bring back some of what have already become the ‘old ways.’
The pre-covid greed orgy fear parade
The massive pyramid schemes scouring the earth of dignity
The fast forward of it all
The charge for the cliff

I don’t like the death
I don’t like the anxiety
I don’t like the lack of touch
I don’t want to starve
I don’t want all small businesses to fail

But I do like the unity that’s free in the world right now
I like the definitive exposure of who is essential and who’s not
I like the pivoting to online, the survival evolution of communication
I like the proof of what works politically and what doesn’t
I like our yearning for each other
This time to think

I like the family time and the walks
And the sudden exponential growth in the value of human contact

Boosted by the fresh bright spur of knowing that this is just a gentle nudge
A warning shot across the bow
Compared to what’s possible

But if we can find a way to stabilize this
And have an economy that works
To make temporary quarantine xtra into a permanent quarantine lite

I wouldn’t mind








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