Why do we need Monk Umbrellas?

MONK UMBRELLAS
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It’s late in the afternoon
and the attendant is
going around the pool,
putting down the large umbrellas.
 
He’s tying the cream covers
with their cream belts,
around their sturdy brown poles.
 
The umbrellas now all stand
spaced neatly apart like monks,
guarding the ocean
here at Cunan, Mexico.
 
The Monk Umbrellas look
out across the Atlantic
to their counterparts,
in the square at Candelaria.
 
Towards the statues
of the Guanches kings
who ruled the pre-Castillian
kingdoms of Tenerife.
 
Together they all wait
for a new day and to protect us all
in the Cathedral,
and by the pool.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1. What does the arrival of a new day mean to you?​

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Day 539 of Des McCabe's Personal Development Exercises

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