Halvard,
Wonderful stuff, very pat. What else is there to say about here and now?
Congratulations. I'd love to steal it! But then I'd feel bad and I hate
myself when I feel bad, so I won't steal it. And that quote cum epigram;
simply sublime! Who's John Quirt?
Best
Árni
on 12/22/03 3:52 PM, Halvard Johnson at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Sonnet: Democracy in the News
>
> "Washington is a brothel where the privileged princes
> of perk and pork enjoy themselves while ordinary folks
> elect a new piano player every four years."
> --John Quirt
>
> The central purpose of journalism, it's been said, is to confuse
> and divide the citizenry, to speed them in and out of stores.
>
> Ultimate decisions are made by the market, or by its elected
> CEOS, making their way among the tables of books on display,
> their eyes glazed over. The country is formally rural, with clump-
>
> ed-up cities along its riverbanks and coastlines. Conrad's "At sea
> we are all equal" morphs into "We are all equally at sea." Crates
> of chickens and live pigs are delivered unto our legislators each and
> every day. The notion that the citizen is the ultimate sovereign brings
>
> tears to our eyes. Where is calm Boccherini now that we need him?
> Unorganized citizens without dishwashers live below the radar-
> screen of corporate enterprise--unserved, unused--mowing their
>
> lawns, living their lives. Autoworkers morph into waitresses, and
> walk their dogs toward evening, plastic bags in their pockets.
>
>
>
> Hal
>
> Halvard Johnson
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