Thank you, Frederick, Douglas, Jen.
HJ
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days when Los Angeles felt like a rock-hard fig.'"
--Monty Python, c.1974
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On Jul 12, 2007, at 9:55 AM, Frederick Pollack wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Halvard Johnson"
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:20 PM
> Subject: Sonnet, "What American Voters Want"
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>
> Sonnet: What American Voters Want
>
> They want their candidates to talk to God, of God,
> and for God. They want them in church every Sunday
> morning, shaking hands with insurance agents and
> car salesmen, taking the pulse of the public in public.
>
> They want God talk, glimpses of core values, hints
> of Apocalypse to come. They want to judge character.
> And they want characters to judge. They can spot
> fakers, so faking it won’t do, and would-be fakers
>
> should at least know their Bible and carry it with
> them whenever they get on or off a plane, whenever
> they show up for town meetings, or picnics on the 4th
> of July. They want nothing to do with atheists.
>
> Lips that kiss their babies must be lips that launch
> prayers to their Maker every moment of every day.
>
>
>
> I like this enormously. Very focused; derives its energy from the
> mania it describes.
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