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Brigid negotiate

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it’s the solstice

light a fire

the ancient gods

might have gone under

maybe to sleep

maybe to reconsider

but we want them

back

we want them

today we say

we want them to return

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raise up the plants from seeds

so there might be

food

oxygen

and beauty

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the sun-dwindled

day

unevenly dividing

light and dark

for winter

either side

contending

in the extreme seasons

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have song, have silence

there are hours;

sing something old

and write down something

new–pillars

of tradition

are often raised by

rebel words

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take nothing down

burn branches that are found

or acceptably

purchased

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if gods want blood

they cannot have it:

that is our modern

prohibition

no longer

the fashion

or the will

I say respectfully,

thank goodness

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Etain or Lugh

(Isis and Osiris)

might be mollified

with conviction

alone

or who knows maybe

with earnest play,

either

in the dance

around our dedicated

fires

and our spirits

moved

(maybe a feather for the soul)

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have the day

contemplate

celebrate

we want the world to turn

to tilt the other way

through winter

through summer to the south

into spring

into autumn

all our seasons

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C L Couch

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https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/winter-solstice.html

Winter Solstice, Northern Hemisphere–North America, Europe, most of Asia, Northern Africa. In New York, New York, USA: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 4:48 p.m. EST. (Change location.) This corresponds …

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I’ve lost most of the connectivity with my computer. The problem might get worse before it gets better. I’ll be receiving a new router to try. But if I’m away from here for a little while, you’ll know why. Thank you. And if I must say this now, Merry Christmas, Merry Yule.

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