"World Economy in Death Spiral" - poem

Lawrence Hall
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“World Economy in Death Spiral”

In cold and slanting February light
A poor tenacious leaf gives up at last
And spirals down in the northering wind
Around and down onto the sorrowing earth

Where backyard cats in their thick winter coats
Fence-sit and catch a few dignified rays
While Astrid-the-Dachshund in circles yaps
In ground-bound outrage

In cold and slanting February light
The world still spirals as it always has