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📜 Poetry

With a Whimper

A Ballad Quatrain Poem by Anne Gruner + Interview

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Oct 25, 2023
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The Earth cries out in many ways
just trying to stay alive,
as too much carbon in the air
makes it hard to thrive.                     
 
Sunlight enters and heat gets trapped 
so deserts grow and grow.              
The flora and fauna start to die        
and currents begin to slow.
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