by Marge Piercy
After violent months of war
no one can win, men with
assault rifles doing what they
were built to do, kill many,
world burning, people dying
of heat, hurricanes stronger
more often, tornadoes
fiercer, drought scorching
land to desert, Animals,
trees dying off and gone,
let’s not just hope, pray
but work to leave an earth
we’re not guilty of spoiling.
Despair is just laziness.
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Marge Piercy is the author of twenty one poetry collections and seventeen novels, including Woman at the Edge of Time, and SEX WARS. A lifelong feminist, socialist, and anti-war activist, her writing has been exploring labor, environmental justice, and the struggle for a more equitable world over the last five decades.