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BEATING UP THE PLANET

Roger N. Taber

Running a gamut of earthquakes,
beating the flames

Sheltering in Iraq from shrapnel
raining down

Watching children of a lesser god
beating up butterflies

Letting our leaders get away with
beating drums

Standing for democracy’s bouncers
beating up flowers

Paying the price for politic players
beating odds

Treating poverty’s weeping wounds,
(beating its hunger?)

Singing praises to a Greater Power,
(beating terror?)

Preparing to swim with polar bears,
beating ourselves up

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