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Restoring our common home is not a luxury…

February 21, 2017

restoring our common home
is not a luxury, any more
than breathing or eating
is a luxury, any more than
being safe in your home
by knowing that its roof
will not fall down on you or
that your children will have
green plants & wild creatures
to thrill them some place nearby.

-Brother Coyote

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