Especially like the final stanza, Lawrence, after the build-up...
'We' do, indeed...
Doug
On 2012-04-01, at 11:00 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> Jostling others; or else being
> insupportably jostled himself,
> he moves forward, quite unable
> to discern; believing contraries
>
> with artless animal bossiness.
> This executive person, knowing
> his own integrity is sound
> sense and testable scientifically
>
> proceeds to kick over ethics
> with his hind thoughts when he decides,
> where others choose or wait to see
> what it is that they are doing
>
> second by second. His machine
> is the best there is in this town.
> We have a certificate for that.
> He packages us; we package him.
>
>
>
> -----
> Lawrence Upton
> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
> ----
>
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