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Poetry: On and off

by Jessica A. Tucker

On and off the switches flip

Automating our every need.

A button for this, a light for that

Easy, is the key.


On and off, the switches turn

Powering our lives.

Water running, hot or cold

Freely from a tap for some.

Could we not, once and awhile,

Turn a few of those switches off?

Or be a little more conscious

Of all the others living on our map?

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