Gregg Dotoli | Approach | Poetry Relearn the approach toward word Like the bread-handed child coaxing a Bluejay For the feather and blue close-up to satisfy his curious nature to get peace — close to observe not cull That child is pure in objective And sincere in goal But becomes polluted and eco-aloof time shed innocence instills neglect towards nature like humankind’s empty approach to changing weather animals and plants wordlessly weep Nero fiddled while Rome burned and we look away as nature dies Relearn the approach toward word get peace — close to word accept waning nature , man as viral polluter Earth This is our circle, every point Words deny, nature never lies
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