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bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

0 posted 2003-07-22 02:53 PM

I sleep easier at night
in the rubble of my city.

Public anger brazen, worn.
The first restitution.

What invasive empire built?
There is no new empire.

It all comes down, brick by brick,
passed from hand to hand.

(as it has always been --
gates dismantled, walls shook down)

(leaders hanged, a public square
to kill an era scarred and shared)

(new flags sewn, removed, destroyed;
new flags sewn, removed, destroyed)

(family lines obliterate
in a record building's blaze)

Small-arms fire from the market
fills my heart with knowledge.

We -- soldiers, civilians alike --
are but artifacts.

Who would caretake one small tide
in the roll call of seas?

And so we shall sleep easier
in the rubble of our cities.

brian sites
Senior Member

since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

1 posted 2003-07-22 03:37 PM

exactly right on

tired
tired
outrage

nice

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2003-07-22 04:22 PM

Who would caretake one small tide
in the roll call of seas?
yep, wish I'd written that line

Marshalzu

Member Elite

since 2001-02-15

Posts 2681
Lurking

3 posted 2003-07-22 05:00 PM

Wonderful writing bsquirrel

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

4 posted 2003-07-23 01:33 AM

So many do..Too many do

Biting, this one.

Ed

Local Parasite

Member Elite

since 2001-11-05

Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg

5 posted 2003-07-23 08:08 PM

Oh yes indeed... new flags sewn, removed, destroyed, sewn, removed, destroyed... it's almost absurd.

quote:
We -- soldiers, civilians alike --
are but artifacts.

Man-made men? Memories of what was? Look, but do not touch? Thank you for not feeding the civilians, please do not put your fingers through the wire fence? You know something, Mikey, I think I like you...

Parasite

Faith is a fine invention
When gentlemen can see
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency.
~~~Emily Dickinson

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

6 posted 2003-07-24 02:48 PM

great write, reminded me of this

In the world I see -- you're stalking
elk through the damp canyon forests
around the ruins of Rockefeller Center.
You will wear leather clothes that last you
the rest of your life.
You will climb the wrist- thick kudzu vines
that wrap the Sears Tower.
You will see tiny figures pounding corn
and laying-strips of venison on the empty
car pool lane of  the ruins of a superhighway

Chuck Palahniuk thru Tyler Durden

Wind

Member Elite

since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

7 posted 2003-07-25 09:27 PM

ooh.. this one hits me hard.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

8 posted 2003-07-26 09:01 AM

it is all RIGHT HERE

It all comes down, brick by brick,
passed from hand to hand.

yes it is
xxoo

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

9 posted 2003-07-31 01:27 AM

I've missed you over in Open

awesome writing...glad Raph pointed me here

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

10 posted 2003-07-31 12:01 PM

Thank you.

Ceinwyn
Member Elite

since 2000-07-09

Posts 2175
VA

11 posted 2003-07-31 01:12 PM

I'm sooo not worthy...wouldn't it make more of an impact if I could find that lil yellow guy??? *sigh*

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

[This message has been edited by Ceinwyn (07-31-2003 01:12 PM).]

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