[lit-ideas] Re: There's no such thing as a free cremation
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:53:39 -0500
Mike: "Factory," you say, " what's a factory?"
I drove across West Virginia recently. That's Bobby "Pork
Barrel" Byrd's state. The speed limit is 70 on the pristine
interstates, and the large towns (like Charleston) are
industrial complexes with a few office buildings added for
variety. Huge chemical complexes and smokestacks belching
colored plumes. Convoys of big trucks carrying fabricated
metal, stacked pallets, and all kinds of heavy machinery.
Most of West Virginia smells worse than Manhattan.
Ah, factories, those dark satanic mills. Cancer clusters,
particulates out the wazoo, and industrial jobs. Need 'em
and hate 'em, want 'em and don't want 'em.
As Merwin says in a poem, "if we knew, if we even knew what
we needed, the stars would look to us to guide them."
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