{"id":29561,"date":"2014-07-30T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T15:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=29561"},"modified":"2014-07-30T12:29:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:29:39","slug":"under-turbines-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2014\/under-turbines-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUnder turbines\u201d (Poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note<\/em>: \u00a0I have edited the following poem, which originally was three poems. \u00a0Read and grieve over this, a tale repeated the world over.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cUnder the Turbines\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2014<\/span> M. Krochmalnik \u00a0Grabois<\/a><\/p>\n

Infants and toddlers can’t\u00a0speak<\/span>
\n and even pre-teens<\/span>
\n may not have vocabulary to describe<\/span>
\nwhat\u00a0they suffer<\/span><\/p>\n

Teenagers can tell you more\u2014<\/span>
\n they are developing a vocabulary\u00a0of suffering<\/span>
\n beginning to see how life is unfair<\/span>
\nfraught\u00a0with\u00a0strife<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if they feel\u00a0invincible<\/span>
\n they watch parents and know<\/span>
\n invincibility\u00a0is a lie<\/span><\/p>\n

They watch landscape transform\u00a0around them<\/span>
\n watch\u00a0five-hundred-foot turbines go up<\/span><\/p>\n

Where the sound of gears way up there<\/span>
\n is unlike\u00a0the sound<\/span>
\n of childhood swings<\/span>
\nthat creak in the wind at night<\/span>
\n \u2014 a comforting sound<\/span><\/p>\n

The sound\u00a0they hear now is the<\/span>
\nwhoosh of the\u00a0wealthy<\/span>
\n robbing\u00a0them<\/span>
\neven before they have acquired
\nanything<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

Interrupted sleep\u00a0in children\u00a0is common<\/span>
\n a\u00a0child may feel bullied<\/span>
\n even though\u00a0no classmate bullies\u00a0him<\/span><\/p>\n

He has just begun to understand\u00a0that<\/span>
\n monsters\u00a0beneath\u00a0the bed<\/span>
\n don’t\u00a0exist<\/span><\/p>\n

Now\u00a0he awakens sensing\u00a0an intruder<\/span>
\n roaming\u00a0the house<\/span>
\n\u2014 the\u00a0monster with weapons
\nmore powerful<\/span>\u00a0than guns<\/span>
\n\u2014 knowing father is\u00a0helpless<\/span>
\n against the larger\u00a0forces of\u00a0this world<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course it\u2019s true<\/span>
\n father tried to stop the turbines<\/span>
\n pointing\u00a0out the Comprehensive Plan<\/span>
\n forbade them<\/span><\/p>\n

Now,\u00a0he\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0powerless<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

I watch my sleeping daughter<\/span>
\n grit her teeth<\/span><\/p>\n

When she was three she\u00a0suffered<\/span>
\n earaches and took antibiotics<\/span>
\n\u2014 so many, the doctor<\/span>
\n forbade us giving\u00a0her milk<\/span>
\nsince milk is laced with\u00a0them<\/span>
\n(and we can\u2019t afford organic)<\/span><\/p>\n

Now they\u00a0are back<\/span>
\n and her\u00a0doctor says there’s\u00a0no\u00a0cure<\/span>
\n except\u00a0fleeing the\u00a0\u201cwind farm\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the pressure, he says<\/span>
\n and because of her history she\u2019s<\/span>
\n susceptible<\/span><\/p>\n

Each of us fingers\u00a0our vulnerabilities<\/span>
\n anxiety, nervousness\u2014<\/span>
\n I\u2019ve learned the\u00a0difference between the two<\/span>
\n though\u00a0when I panic\u00a0awake with racing heart<\/span>
\n I\u2019m not sure which is which<\/span><\/p>\n

And\u00a0nausea<\/span>
\n I\u2019ve always eaten well\u00a0and never been
\nnauseous<\/span>\u00a0in my life. \u00a0Now
\n<\/span>I am
\n<\/span>always<\/span><\/p>\n

I puzzle over\u00a0wind turbines creating\u00a0nausea<\/span>
\n \u2014 am\u00a0told it\u2019s an inner ear\u00a0disturbance<\/span>
\nsomething my daughter and I<\/span>
\n share<\/span><\/p>\n

My neighbor the professor stands<\/span>
\n in front of his\u00a0chalkboard<\/span>
\n gripping the edges of the podium<\/span>
\n staring at notes<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s got vertigo and can\u2019t<\/span>
\npace his\u00a0classroom and<\/span>
\n speak extemporaneously, he tells me,<\/span>
\n like he used to<\/span><\/p>\n

I never much liked\u00a0him<\/span>
\n(kind of\u00a0self-important)<\/span>
\n he\u00a0moved here from the\u00a0city<\/span>
\n for peace and quiet<\/span><\/p>\n

Laughable, ain\u2019t it, professor?<\/span>
\n Now I feel more charitable<\/span>
\n we two stood up in public hearings<\/span>
\nas\u00a0our arguments and pleas were<\/span>
\n ignored by corrupt\u00a0politicians<\/span>
\n \u2014 him with PhD, me with<\/span>
\n high school diploma<\/span><\/p>\n

(Somehow, it\u00a0makes me think<\/span>
\n I was smart\u00a0not to go to college, though<\/span>
\n my mother told me<\/span>
\n I was smart enough,<\/span>
\n \u2014 for this?)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: \u00a0I have edited the following poem, which originally was three poems. \u00a0Read and grieve over this, a tale repeated the world over. \u201cUnder the Turbines\u201d \u2014 M. Krochmalnik \u00a0Grabois Infants and toddlers can’t\u00a0speak and even pre-teens may not have vocabulary to describe what\u00a0they suffer Teenagers can tell you more\u2014 they are developing a vocabulary\u00a0of suffering beginning to see how life is unfair fraught\u00a0with\u00a0strife Even if they feel\u00a0invincible they watch parents and know invincibility\u00a0is a lie They watch landscape transform\u00a0around them watch\u00a0five-hundred-foot turbines go up Where the sound of gears way up there is unlike\u00a0the sound of childhood swings that creak in the wind at night \u2014 a comforting sound The sound\u00a0they hear now is the whoosh of the\u00a0wealthy robbing\u00a0them even before they have acquired anything \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Interrupted sleep\u00a0in children\u00a0is common a\u00a0child may feel bullied even though\u00a0no classmate bullies\u00a0him He has just begun to understand\u00a0that monsters\u00a0beneath\u00a0the bed don’t\u00a0exist Now\u00a0he awakens sensing\u00a0an intruder roaming\u00a0the house \u2014 the\u00a0monster with weapons more powerful\u00a0than guns \u2014 knowing father is\u00a0helpless against the larger\u00a0forces of\u00a0this world Of course it\u2019s true father tried to stop the turbines pointing\u00a0out the Comprehensive Plan forbade them Now,\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0powerless \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. I watch my sleeping daughter grit her teeth When she was three she\u00a0suffered earaches and took antibiotics \u2014 so many, the doctor forbade us giving\u00a0her milk since milk is laced with\u00a0them (and we can\u2019t afford organic) Now they\u00a0are back and her\u00a0doctor says there’s\u00a0no\u00a0cure except\u00a0fleeing the\u00a0\u201cwind farm\u201d It\u2019s the pressure, he says and because of her history she\u2019s susceptible Each of us fingers\u00a0our vulnerabilities anxiety, nervousness\u2014 I\u2019ve learned the\u00a0difference between the two though\u00a0when I panic\u00a0awake with racing heart I\u2019m not sure which is which And\u00a0nausea I\u2019ve always eaten well\u00a0and never been nauseous\u00a0in my life. \u00a0Now I am always I puzzle over\u00a0wind turbines creating\u00a0nausea \u2014 am\u00a0told it\u2019s an inner ear\u00a0disturbance something my daughterRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[157,166,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}