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From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: 2 poems
> That both of these seem more 'here' every day? You've certainly caught
> the nerve of the moment, Fred, even if the moment is both now & to
> come....
>
> Empire's certainly gone, when sniveling hypocrisy is all that's left for
> the leaders to speak, as this past week....
>
> Doug
Thanks, Doug, Kasper. My semester starts in 2 1/2 weeks.
"Depressive-ironic" is a good name for it -- summer has not nearly been long
enough and I haven't accomplished what I wanted.
Empire IS death; any empire is a way for several economic and social
contradictions to manifest all their consequences. Rigid hierarchy.
Uncreative thinking. Racism. Lack of capital. Lead in the aqueducts. And
in our case, glorious stupidity.
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