LISTENING TO THE HERE AND NOW
An arid gulf stretches out in time; here
before me it stays. All the people of all
the lands have never this far strayed. Gobi
Desert or Alexandria's harbor? Istanbul
in honors, of the shambles of Rome?
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Once we get past the daily marker, the
newsmen make up the scenery for us.
Here is the issue, and there is the cure.
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Sure, on that count, right. The subway
car has a new virus running through its
center - a mishmash of the vile and the
violent. The city bus does not relent of its
errors either: running over the lady who
just bent down to pick up her package
while the thief who burrows into her
dead body makes off with her wallet.
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That is our wisdom today, and only the
good are dying. The thieves and the
knaves always get another day. Rampant
runnings of the wrong and the sick,
like a marathon of evil intent, are given
the floor and have now taken over.
Pity the poor man's lament!
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