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The Earth’s Holy Father

An Earth Day elegy for Pope Francis
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The shock you knew 
someday would come 
wakes you. 

Wake slowly. 
Wrap against the cold 
in your favorite blanket.

Read a poem about letting go. 
Listen to the Stabat Mater
as the earth stands in mourning.

This day after Easter 
sends us back to Good Friday
for the Earth’s Holy Father, 
has gone back to earth. 

The one who spoke of healing 
our common home is gone 
and, yet, he is risen
not just in history
but to the Great Mystery. 

Who will pastor us?
Defend us against 
those who desecrate, 
remind us when we ignore

our mother, the earth
her breath burdened 
her lungs failing.

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