dearly beloved we gather here this day this day but 24 short hours we could go into minutes and seconds but it trivializes the point ladies and gentlemen we give this day to the earth – sustainer and bringer forth of all life as we know it have a day. every breath each sip of water any morsel of nourishment any of us ever had throughout all of humankind have a day the bacteria in our guts the viruses in our noses the plants the fish and fowl mammals and reptiles have a day. a day……. tomorrow we **** you again tomorrow we smash your peaks for metals tomorrow we gouge into you with spikes to draw out your very essence for cars tomorrow we tear away your covering your forests and wet lands for materialism tomorrow we **** on you tomorrow we fight against you tomorrow we poison you but, today, we honor you…. have a day, earth – later I will walk through your gift I will smell spring flowers and think of you forest paths will come alive with your sounds and I will smile I will hold you in my hands breath you in and shed a tear over a day…. earth, we thank you today earth, we honor you today earth we love you today earth today a day for you –
someone nudge Martha….she’s got her hearing aid down shut that **** ***** music off ……
listen people, gather round close we are running out of time and the earth its gonna need a bit more than a day like, forever we are going to have to think a little about sustainability our place within the larger ecosystem we can’t survive without earth we can’t…… won’t you help me? –