Never mind the endless cycling
of what we call news

ensorcelling tales of political theater,
social distress, and un-
natural disasters

things happening
elsewhere.

We are in the salutary midst
of the fall.

What is close
is real.

Think of children
now schooled in life
only as their parents can manage.

Think of yourself
either
reaching frantically
after the shards of
what you knew
or
looking toward your landing
and preparing
to slap out
and roll

bruised
and alive.

Image: Tarot trump card XVI, La Maison Dieu
(“The House of God” aka “the Tower”).