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Environment & Energy

ananda

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2. Some say the world will end in fire...

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:40 PM

Aug 1

some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire,
I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
to say that for destruction ice
is also grest
and would suffice

Robert Frost

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