Book 2 #24 12/19/00 4:25:55 PM

Atrocities upon the innocent have been intensified.
Openly, shamelessly, unblushingly, unconcernedly, nonchalantly.
When the things of the greatest value are no longer held as such
And in their place, mere expediencies are shoddily erected
Toward what, gauge thee, are we moving?
By what gauge do we now measure?
This last outrage of “good-taste” is so gross a violation 
of what is technically called "keeping the peace," 
as to excite in me extreme disgust.
Why all of this ink lavished on unprincipled pettifoggers
Who merely succeeded to safely reach their unwarranted harbors.
And what foul things are we now harboring in our bewildered silence?
and people, much more knowledgeable that me, were making jokes,
Fierce clashes between the Inwardly hidden, outwardly manifest,
In confused questions which dare not 
to penetrate to what was once called ‘Truth’
In a separate occurrence,
the search operation continues according to the latest details.
The situation has become much more critical along the line of control.
troops are being shifted to the front bunkers 
in the darkness of night through the use of helicopters.
While on this subject, let us stop to discuss for a moment the nice matter of their size and shape.
Please sit down because the secret I’m about to reveal 
to you will make you light headed – 
you must determine for yourselves, 
but I must enter my protest against the total extinction of young men’s dreams who barely make a sound.

And a plea comes, “It is finished, let’s not bog ourselves down in messy details and unpleasantness. Let’s move forward for the sake of unity.”
The silent command behind an uneasy smile: JUST BE NICE DAMN IT!
We don’t want to engage the generals. Let the dogs sleep for now…
 
 
 
 
 


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