By The Choir's Deeds
Submitted by distant moon
Date: 2002 May 20
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[[2002.05.20.10.48.30758]]

A bump to Ali...the last lines of 'Among Other Things,' an amazing poem

We're reeling,
leaving
heeding
oh, your complicated
soldiers. Disastrous.
Come after us, and you will.

These grudges
these masquerade sins-sear us
and burn us. Deriding fascism
from every single orifice and
I've walked the roads till
I became a self destructive man. I,
I'm blowing
I'm blowing
I'm blowing all these thoughts away now.
It's growing
I'm growing
I've got it so deep inside me.

This choir, indeed,
This choir's deeds describe me,
Listen-ing, to their melody, I'm pained
Refrained from your politics and
I'm plain, complained,
Just drained of self importance.
And now I'm, the pastor,
I'm preaching all of this and...
Your choir, is sleeping,
And I'm not about to understand...you...