Crisis centers
focus
upon disaster
faster
than the usual
perusal
of a concerning
issue.
Discerning
misuse
or abuse
from the obtuse,
while trying
not
to confuse,
we use tools
of expedience
for the
triage experience;
a quick
fix,
if temporary.
Contrary
to ordinary
problems
of persistence,
when resistance
to change
allows for a range
of ways
to cope,
the end of
the rope
of crisis
invites us
to pivot;
to apply
a tourniquet
to stop
the flow.
The distinction
between
an emergency
and urgency
may be
unclear.
The fear,
however,
is whether
or not
we’ve got
enough
stuff
to manage
the damage.
Just how deadly
is this?
The persistent
quality
of urgency
insistently
demands
attention
for mitigation
of a critical
situation.
An emergency
emerges
more quickly
than urgency,
yet
both insistently
demand
intervention.
But convention
sometimes
clouds
the urge
to purge
the toxic
ways
that delays
imagined
discomfort.
With no
more room
for emergencies
or crises
imposed
upon us,
we retreat
in defeat
and claim
self preservation,
without realization
that earth’s
land, sea,
and air
can’t self
repair
without
urgent care.
Urge your legislators: