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GREEN VERSES 2\/21\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n

What if our creation myth was about
\nSkywoman filling her garden with seeds
\nAnd fruits and children all wrapped
\nIn the warm embrace of her goddess arms.
\nRather than our creation story of temptation,
\nSin and exile from the garden of desire
\nBy our angry, unforgiving god.
\nWould a different beginning have begot us
\nA better middle and end.<\/p>\n

What if like mast-fruiting trees
\nWe all communicated with each other
\nThrough underground, overground, or celestial
\nNetworks during times of stress to collectively
\nAddress the impending doom and collectively
\nSolve the problem. What happens to one,
\nHappens to all. All threats are shared.
\nAll flourishing is shared.
\nNo lone-wolfing it here, no one goes it alone.
\nIf we were like mast-fruiting trees.<\/p>\n

What if everything you gave away
\nOr favor you did, or loan you made
\nOf time, money or sentiment
\nWhat if everything you gave away
\nYou gave away freely. You gave something
\nFor nothing. No tally sheet, no accounts receivable
\nJust tetherless give away.<\/p>\n

What if you really understood
\nThe life force it takes to push
\nMushrooms up through loamy
\nsoil over night. What if you
\nCould snatch that energy
\nthat shoves life into existence,
\nWhat would you do with all that power.<\/p>\n

What if you really wanted to go green
\nWould you chase a whaling ship
\nWould you tie yourself to a tree
\nWould you count the number of
\nPlastic pieces of debris collected on
\nEdgewater Beach
\nIf you really wanted to go green
\nAnd help save the blue planet
\nHow far would you go.
\nTransformation is no toe dipping in the pond
\nIt only comes about with a Full Monty, a John the Baptist
\nSubmersion into the sea of life
\nNo Half-hearteds need apply
\nNature herself is not tentative
\nTo heal her we need to give and
\nNot worry about what we will get back.<\/p>\n

~ Sherrie Pallotta<\/p>\n