now that human language has died out
other language fills the generous gap
whisper of bloom, susurration of leaf fall
whale warble, coyote chorus, donkey bray
cats on darkened city streets spar & yowl
streams sizzle down ledges across the road
weeks of rain, they say, make freshets of us
water roars through & over breached dams
gurgles through wetlands, cracks concrete
poured by greedy men, yes, men — women
did not ruin the earth — let cities & wars end
governments & coin, genocide & servitude
a trail of smoke from a small fire, a survivor
boiling roots, cracking nuts for her last meal
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