The world risingcan put an endto anything:the murder of childrenwhaleselephantsoceans.Get up. Roll overon that partof youthat will notwelcomerecognizeencourageor even seeour rise.A compassionate roll:we must be donewith crueltyespecially to ourselves,to start againbeaming like the sun;fresh.But a roll that showswe’ve reached the endof polite movesto repair and re-create the Earth,and will press hardon any parts of useven those we have loved,that insiston remainingobliviousandasleep.
-Alice Walker
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