Re the recovery of Fats D
Ironic to re-hear replaying constantly in my head,
"I found my thrill
On Blueberry hill"
When I was 13 I had no clue what it meant
(Whether an actual place in the rural south or a form of male self-care,
I still don't know.)
But it is already something - as is the history of African-Americans - to
imagine the music/song that will emerge from this tragedy. Always a weird
white American luxury to listen to after the fact.
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Indeed. (No, don't put an image of Bush's plane
doing a New Orleans flyover into the song). Let it be a real rescue. And
definitely not that refrain, "Let it be...."
But, heah, do we have a government manufactured New Orleans holocaust going
on? Out of sheer negligence - in spite of all the warnings about the levees,
the need for protective marshlands, etc.
A monumental open wound is going to be with us - USA - for a long time
coming.
Stephen V
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