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      April 6, 2025Malachy MoranChionodoxa Do Not Understand Tariffs

      I tried to explain to the flowers
      on the banks of Akerselva
      that they honestly had chosen
      an awful time to sprout.
       
      I detailed all the nuance
      of international tariffs
      and suggested that they wait a bit
      to see how things shake out.
       
      They swayed with polite attention
      as I outlined my position
      on effects of the weakened dollar
      and the day’s stock market rout,
       
      but I do not think they listened
      as they lifted heads defiant
      or at least their azure petals
      did not betray their doubts.
       

      from Poets Respond

      Malachy Moran

      “I created this poem out of the cognitive dissonance I felt this week between the bursting beauty of spring and my own doom scrolling death spiral.”