Visiting the Hologram

From “Angels Are Near”

A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can’t defuse a bomb. But we are not helpless. We can sing the truth and name the liars.

~ Salman Rushdie

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…Grief is scary.

The thoughts in our heads

Get dark and real.

They tell us “just let go,”

As if no one would care

If we slipped away.

But we are not alone.

So many others know this pain,

They feel this void, too…

You are safe to grieve here.

We are not alone.

We are not alone.

We are not

Alone.

~ Jessica VanNeste, fragment of a poem

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Inuit communities resolved disputes through song duels. Individuals in conflict composed satirical songs and performed them before the entire camp in igloos. The audience’s reaction determined the winner, restoring harmony.

~ unbelievablefactsblog.com

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There are some things in the world we can’t change — gravity, entropy, the speed of light, and our biological nature that requires clean air, clean water…