Before the Sun balloons and then burns out Before liquid water disappears Before photosynthesis stops Before the Atlantic conveyor belt collapses Before tropical reefs are all but wiped out Before polar ice sheets tip into irreversible melting Before more democracies disintegrate Before the next pandemic Before my body gives out Before my mind starts to go Before illnesses wear away my mobility Before the next market crash threatens my nest egg Before I worry about which college Rose gets into Before I stress about how that email will land Before all the things I fear happen or not may I taste this moment unmasked by all these borrowed flavors.
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