Mother We Won't Forsake You
Inspired by my grandson, Henry's enthusiasm for all sports: baseball, fishing, rock climbing and scooting, I placed him within the context of the Chinese Year of the Dragon. Good fortune is associated with the Chinese Dragon and it is his good fortunes to be able to jump, leap, climb, pitch, fish and slide.
And yet overshadowing his enthusiasm is my feeling that these moments are fleeting. He and all children are racing toward a time when our world will suffer more frequent climate catastrophes. And so, my dragons are ambivalent creatures. Their expressions are comical, their claws and teeth are sharp. There is no benign environment enfolding this boy as he slides and slips toward awaiting jaws.
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