It Is Easy to Miss the Cloud Reflections
POETRY FORMAT, 10 Nov 2025
Caitlin Johnstone - TRANSCEND Media Service
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7 Nov 2025
It is easy to miss the cloud reflections in the puddles
when the drones are perching on the telephone wires
and boats are exploding off the coast of Venezuela.
It’s easy not to notice the flirtatiousness of the wind
when there is black smoke over Palestine
and everything’s coated in oil.
It’s easy to overlook the electricality in our bodies
when the billionaires and bank boys
are trying to replace our minds with chatbots.
Don’t let them trick you into forgetting the moon,
or the dragon eggs incubating in your ribcage.
Don’t let them trick you into exchanging your heartbeat
for an algorithm and a memecoin.
There are still birds in the skies of this world.
There are accordion angels playing in the ruins.
Though at times it may feel like a giraffe bleeding to death
in an abandoned Presbyterian church
in a forgotten factory town
with faded billboards and faded eyes,
beneath the click clack marching of the robot dogs,
there is still birdsong.
There is still birdsong.
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Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper. Contact: admin@caitlinjohnstone.com
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