This one may be the hardest to write yet,
because words are not what make a thing so;
and sometimes, it is easy to forget
this fact, and think the world cannot just go
on praying (which is an action, surely,
yet times require a much more active verb),
but will seek for solutions based purely
on a desire to stop this mad, absurd
denial of our shared humanity.
Too many sit and bewail these harsh times,
still do not speak against our sickened state;
one definition of insanity
is helping the heartless and mean to climb,
waking only when it is far too late.
08 MAR 2003
for Ed Book
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