I was very intrigued by this response, and wanted to post it here to add to the dialogue and my thinking–Miriam.
Uomi S. Brog: Society sure needs our intervention.
intervention |ˌintərˈvenCHən|
noun
the action or process of intervening: they are plants that grow naturally without human intervention.
• interference by a country in another’s affairs: the administration was reported to be considering military intervention.
• action taken to improve a situation, esp. a medical disorder: two patients were referred for surgical intervention.
• a meeting in which people confront an addicted, or otherwise troubled, individual in order to persuade the individual to seek help
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To intervene, to try and make something or someone better appeals to me, I like the word in respect to the use on poetry on today’s society.