There was hope
on every corner; every orchard
in New England overflowing
with fall apples, the leaves
ablaze; enough future to feed
every artist and every child,
and my fill of naivete
sustained me for a full decade.
Now I shop
for hope in secret stores
by the light of screens,
guns, and wildfires,
awaiting the flood
again
and again.
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