Surprised (and pleased) to see your name in my inbox again. And with a very nice little poem attached. Reminds me of the Romantics' response to the French and Russian revolutions. And of the constant push of the staus quo to whitewash and eviscerate revolutionary symbols of their meaning. So school children are told of Helen Keller's courage in the face of multiple handicaps but not her fight for social justice. Can't have the little ones getting ideas. And, finally, it reminds me of our youth, when things seemed possible. If none of this is what you meant, that's your problem now, isn't it...but know you've cheered my morning...
Ursula Mike Geary wrote:
JUST ANOTHER FAILED REVOLUTIONI was in Paris in '68,but I was a week too late, the riots were already over. One burnt car outside a bar -- testimonial? memorial?On the sidewalks,pockets of people argued, but no stones were thrown, it was over, all over and done with.Here had happenedreal rage against the machine. Happened like a hard rain. Now all that remained was to cleanthe event of any importance. Mike GearyMemphis
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