Saturday, September 13, 2014

5901. NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
The radio has a spike to the ground, the old
television is a blasted hole. The outhouse where
the farmer sat is now a community center.
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We built this town from the bottom up : horses
and oxen and cattle. Many fertile wives later, we
all have sons to do the tasks for us. Life gets better.
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What law there is is situated now between the post 
and the pillar. We have a platform for hangings and
a gallows too  -  rarely some priest or a missionary.
Shouldering all we must  -  every burden  -  the world
gets itself lighter with our own age. Too soon, too
soon it is over, and there is nothing left at all.

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