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ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2003-03-16 10:15 AM

Would be too easy to write on the politics of the day
partake in holiday parades, pretend social ills would go away
imagine there are places for all of us to be happy in
imagine there are places which don't really help us
to recondition ourselves

they were sent to populate streets of Trieste in the early eighties
I would see one on her flank at a fruit market
while I walked to a local museum to study bones
for an anatomy exam
in her hand she clasped an orange
that is what made enough sense to her
she had moaned about her predicament
and I made a brief flashback to Neanderthal man
who did not have today's articulate speech pattern.

I am galled at how we concentrate more and more on distruction
and the weapons we use become more and more suffisticated
and the desperation of the common man becomes more and more discounted
but there are those who say it has always been neglected
that is reintegration and reeducation of those that end up in the gutter
whose hands clasp an orange for the day
their call many times muted
by an endless game of risk across 'borders'
because for many there is no treatment
except to have them either bang on "establishment" walls
of forgotten 'treatment' cells
or walk city streets randomly
in search of someone to fill their daily needs.

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (03-16-2003 02:21 PM).]

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2003-03-16 10:47 AM

incredible, Martin

I'm keeping this one, to read again. So much wrapped up inside this post, a thought provoking write.
But why do I want an orange right now, instead of orange juice?

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

2 posted 2003-03-16 02:19 PM

The orange I guess comes form the image I had of Jason Roberts noticing someone in his bombed out home clasping an orange, and actually seeing a homeless mentally handicapped lady clasping her orange slice on a fruit vendor's wagon in Trieste.Thanks for reading.

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