June 10th
one friend in a Montana blizzard
two friends in the flooded midwestern states
in the east we swelter in hundred degree heat.
the earth is all we have and are
yet though she slay me will I cling to her.*
*The last line is from the Book of Job with pronouns changed to the feminine.
Elizabeth Cunningham
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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