Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties,
nations and epochs, it is the rule.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
On 12/09/06, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Alison thanks -some lovely words here -
> P old P
> Ps I kept sadly thinking of how many Iraqis etc etc have been killed
> worldwide by the American colonial dream -and the future
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alison Croggon
> Sent: 11 September 2006 23:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: O my america
>
> I
>
> o the ice pick sings
> its hot orange
> in the vendetta tree
> such tales for telling
> through these numb fingers
> one by one
>
> rubies such as never seen
> in the caught months
> of a fatal spring
> sad & toxic
>
>
> II
>
> my dear america
> the uranium sun
> coals on your many tongues
> unjust and bleeding
>
> all these broken songs
> out of the trap
> beads weapons money
> turn & snap
>
> which skull split
> in the berth of which paroxysmal
> vision of which
> oily hell
>
> a whale of a time
> america you clamp your arrogant jaw
> down again that
> beautiful machine
> breaks breaks again breaks
>
>
> September 11, 2006
>
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