stories of those peacekeepers
beirut jerusalem baghdad
who keep meeting.
they knew their generation failed.
they go to the meetings. they argue.
and then they keep coming back.
Years: how to build a shared existance.
after the meetings they stand outside
chain smoke and talking about their children.
in this way
they come to know
each other's souls.
the signs on their walls:
'when you have lost all
what else can you lose, so fight'.
intergenerational anger. alienation.
Will that be the story of climate - justice?
ignore the real apathy and despair at the risk
of your children's lives
posturing. when people talk about their children,
they talk differently about conflict
than when they talk about themselves.
exquisit - the human soul.
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