I have many dreams I think
Especially while I am awake.1
(Perhaps that is all I do. …
Dream!
It aggravates others.
But it doesn’t bother me much.)
Last night it was of the sparkling, dancing eyes
Of Esmeralda Santos Ramirez
The mother of Yony and Rafael Martinez,
Grandmother of mi compadre Luis Romero’s wife Laira …
In Zapote, Comayagua, Honduras …
Earth.
A vision of a small diversified farm,
Struggling for sustainability
In the natural resource rich mountainous area around Siguatepeque.
Of a family that is glued together
After generations, varying economic status and power,
And political changes.
Because of Esmeralda’s spirit
My life was especially enriched.
If only women like her
And Mom Louise,
And Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores,
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Michelle Obama,
Winona LaDuke, Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
And yes! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren,
(Maybe Nikki Haley? … No! Not Nikki Haley!!) …
Ran the world.
Not Donald Trump!!!
Not many of the male Democratic candidates
For president of the EEUU.
Not Margaret Thatcher,
Or Michele Bachmann, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee Sanders,
Or Teresa May.
Or Eva Peron.
Good women, “saints”
Practicing getting along with all …
Idealistically and pragmatically,
Locally and across the globe …
With healthy doses of the caution and tentativeness.
Developing systems of living the 7 Ss …
Sabiamente, Simply, Smally, Slowly, Steadfastly, Sharingly, Sustainably.
Developing as process of VV->^^2.
Strengthening social fabrics
And dynamic sustainable ecological systems.
Practicing intolerance! … intolerance!! …
Intolerance!!! of War.
Tearing down walls.
Refusing to fund militaries, arms, armaments
At the expense of holistic ecological education
And robust, profound, and comprehensive health care
For all.
Creating pan de elote
For family, friends,
Welcoming all of the Earth.
Sharing sandia.
Holistically embodying
And manifesting
Biophilia,
Love for the naturaleza
Including all humans
Of all colors, sexualities, ethnicities, and tribes.
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1 https://marikasculptures.com/2011/03/15/creativity-sustainability-at-siempre-sustainable-network/
2 See page 55 & other sections of Games We Play ( https://www.kite.pub/sustainability/games-we-play/ ) for an explanation of these symbols.
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pbm
[ 7 Ss / VV->^^ ]
