Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Earth Appoints a Child to Make the Case

 by Kim Stafford


You guys are all dressed up! Is this your

dinner table? It's really big. Okay, so--

I was down in the woods near my house

minding my own business, but this voice

out of nowhere starts talking, talking to me,

starts teaching me this big word: "non-neg...

non-negosh...negosh...non-negotiable."

That's it. This change that's coming is 

non-negotiable. That's the whole thing

I'm supposed to tell you guys. The voice

said you don't seem to know that. Then it

went away, and I stood there in the trees.

So that's it, okay? The big change is just 

non-negotiable. Now can I get on my bike

and go home? My mom will kill me if I'm late.


from As the Sky Begins to Change



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