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We live on the margins–

a fragile sliver of bio -dynamism

a thin veneer of subsisting and persisting vitality

floating above the slow churning

sea of magma,

at our planet’s core,

while suspended beneath

the soundless

and boundless

vacuum of space.

Two lifeless realms

between which we, like pastrami on rye,

reside, placed, by design or mere circumstance–

Take your pick–

A Cambium layer, of sorts,

comprising the whole of life as we know it

within its boundaries of metaphorical phloem and xylem

and, upon which we depend

for our very existence.

Venture too far in either direction

and existence becomes extinction!

Yet emotions rule where reason should prevail

and lessons go unheeded, much less learned

and fools do what they always do

like they always have

like they always will . . .

and bad choices beget their own destiny

and the most vulnerable among us

always pay the price.

Originally written 2016.01.12

Revised 2020.04.02

Tim Konrad