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“Morbid Fascination,” “Food Pantry in Winter: A Visit” and “The Drone”

Issue 25 by Andrew Posner

Yesterday morning I read with morbid fascination
That “more than 40% of insect species are declining”
And nature’s ecosystems are at risk
Of a “catastrophic collapse.” [1]

In my $70,000 electric car on the way to work
(charged by solar panels
On my 3,500-square-foot suburban home),
I listened with morbid fascination to the news

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