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A Nigerian eco-activist and poet wonders what future lies ahead in the face of climate change impacts and resistance to large-scale emission reductions.My daughter insists we can build the world around usIf I stand by a riverside full of trash and plastic?When I love, I press every moment like a garlic clove.The long silence for the songs my grandmother taught meHere, the green pastures have become dust, carcassesAre pastoralists, yet the reverse is false.