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Experts estimate that at least $1 trillion a year is needed to help developing countries adapt to hotter temperatures and rising seas, build out clean energy projects and cope with climate disasters.  (I forget why we didn’t raise income taxes on the wealthy?)

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I THINK

Going deep inside to lick

my paws, I wonder whether

the core of my unconscious

knows the truth of existence.

I don’t, that’s for sure, but if

I didn’t have some pillar to

hold onto beyond my ken–

poof! I wouldn’t, couldn’t, be.

Nan 4/19/24