an engineer was let go
for spiritual obfuscation
an ethicist was let go
for rational clarification

a department was closed
a task outsourced
a process scaled
and outputs hailed

a change in life
unnoticed by moose ‘p north
except melting of crossings
passing for boats

a penitence delegated
to bloated bellies or bones
displacement, replacements
warring lords, washed away shores

the digitizing wheels are churning
whales are burning
woodlands drift ashore
with daypasses for lore
and lithium, cobalt for more

amidst we stand
know and energize
not refuse nor confuse
act and move electrified

bring together or join
espy, not pause
insight to out side
not mourn till morn

we can move
balance analogy
conduct digitally
pause and judge
as we must

then let go
without flippancy
and with modesty
for our
human
immaturities.

                 —animasuri’24