Wednesday, August 30, 2017

apropos


Great Cruelty and Heartlessness


We’re living in a time of great cruelty and heartlessness

where instead of a sun they’re throwing up
anvils

Instead of sunlight there’s the sound of
hammers beating

Instead of walking there’s kicking

Instead of thinking there’s talking

It’s almost as if there’ve never been times like
these before

Even shadows thrown by cartwheels on dirt roads
resemble the grimaces of armies as they
slide across rocks

In the palaces of power clocks go off but no one
wakes

Decisions are made by pouring acid down drains
or waiting for nightfall in a room lit by
neon tubes

If anyone speaks all eyes are upon them

I saw a sparrow fly over a fence

An ant stop and not go on

But laughter has turned to pebbles
falling on zinc

And children have been torn from their futures

-- Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore


From In the Realm of Neither, (The Ecstatic Exchange, 2008)

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Whether Report

FORECAST FOR:
Region:   Earth
Timeframe:  Ongoing
Population Affected:  All
Deadline for Full Recovery:  Past



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Not a question of Whether anymore
but
When