06-03 2-10-06 The difficulty in staying home He who is a fool, let him remain a fool, But he who is brave enough to call His home his own, let him keep it If he has the courage. Let him Withstand the stormy blasts Of political red tape and the raging Of foamy-mouthed bearded mullahs Who every Friday exhort those Who would see you riven or skewered, and draped in the barbed wire you Hope will keep them out. Your dog Barks and down the valley you hear Another dog bark out a reply. What does it mean? Another night Without their fires, their incandescent Logic, their arguments caught up In explosive blasts that rattle your windows And doors? You take your pistol, Check its magazine, and peer out Into the night, like all the other Nights since you've been home.