cooee wrote:
>
> [my old fellow-student and friend (Auckland 1950s) has sent me this from
> Brisbane (where he taught French literature and Cinema history till
> recently). Max Richards, Cooee, Melbourne]
>
> Plague Species
> ou, Les formes actuelles de la peste
>
> Infect! Infect! said one killer virus to another killer virus.
> More blood! More blood! said one anopheles mosquito to another anopheles
> mosquito.
> Defoliate! Defoliate! said one plague locust to another plague locust.
> Gnaw! Gnaw! said one fat rat to another fat rat.
> Consume! Consume! said one American to another American.
>
> What fool said ³United Nations²?
> Pack of obstructionist wankers!
> What fool said ³Human Rights²?
> Call them human?
> What fool said ³Democracy²?
> Oh. That was us.
>
> Infect! Infect! said one killer virus to another killer virus.
> Inject! Inject! said one anopheles mosquito to another anopheles mosquito.
> Ingest! Ingest! said one plague locust to another plague locust.
> Infest! Infest! said one fat rat to another fat rat.
> Invest! Invest! said one capitalist to another capitalist.
>
> What fool said ³ŠWhites of their Eyes²?
> Death from a Distance is safer.
> What fool said ³Clash of Civilizations²?
> Call that a civilization!
> What fool said ³It¹s all for their own good²?
> Oh. That was us.
>
> Spread out! Spread out! said the corps commanders.
> Mutate! Mutate! said the killer viruses.
> Multiply! Metamorphose! Proliferate! Diversify!Š..
> Yes! Diversify! said one corporate boss to another corporate boss.
>
> What fool said ³Poverty and injustice create terrorists²?
> It¹s an Axis of Evil!
> What fool said ³The poor are always with us²?
> See how they burn!
> What fool said ³They deserve to be free²?
> Oh. That was us.
>
> Ex-ter-mi-nate! Ex-ter-mi-nate! said one Dalek to another Dalek.
> Globalize! Globalize! said one plague species to another plague species.
> Oh. That was us.
> YEW ESS: US
> 27 March 2 April, 2003
worthless.
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