THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE

Posted on August 24, 2019 by | 7 Comments

 

 Photo: Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images

 

                                                                                you lift your faces
                    and let it drench you in evening prayer.
                                        – George Perreault (“April Winslow: Waiting on a Rain”)

Nothing good about the Amazon
burning better than expected:
a fifth less oxygen,
drier Gulf storms
from the llano to California
to stream our cheeks with prayer.

 

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7 responses to “THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE”

  1. sustainabilitea | August 24, 2019 at 1:19 pm | Reply

    This is terrible and, from what I’ve read, caused by humans. Horrible!

    janet

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  2. JEG | August 25, 2019 at 6:42 am | Reply

    So…..are Brazilian ranchers having a little trouble with the “stewards of the land” concept? A question for CJ?

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  3. Julie | August 25, 2019 at 10:29 pm | Reply

    Soooo, do the rest of us that benefit from the rain forests pay for the ecosystem services? Sorry to turn econerd on you………

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  4. georgeperreault | August 29, 2019 at 7:32 am | Reply

    Thanks for the shout-out from my book on the Llano Estacado.

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