4003. I AM JOHN BROWN'S BROTHER

I AM JOHN 

BROWN'S BROTHER

I am John Brown's brother; one cannot absolve

another. I am John brown's brother. Do not

forget nor throw out that ameliorating sense

of succor over what occurred. No, 'Specimen

Days' this is not, and I hate all sentimentality.

Melville spoke : 'shadows present, foreshadowing

deeper shadows to come.' And that so it shall be.

Discard your symbols and dismantle your country

churches' steeples, for I am not a simple man

and I will shoulder the burdens of others.

I will carry your death on the lam. The light

of burning farms, can you remember that?