stuart z. perkoff - love is the silence - arras.net
stuart z. perkoff - love is the silence - arras.net
stuart z. perkoff - love is the silence - arras.net
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& none are reliable. some survive.<br />
cd he sing? more song appears. & <strong>the</strong>n<br />
<strong>the</strong> singers are taken<br />
was he servi Ie? <strong>the</strong> boots of <strong>the</strong> guardians<br />
shine brite under <strong>the</strong> slobber tongues<br />
<strong>the</strong>n three out of four footsuckers are taken<br />
was he repentant? comes forth numerous sinners, loudly wailing<br />
& all <strong>the</strong> saved, <strong>the</strong> safe ones, are taken<br />
most find <strong>the</strong>y are forced to depend on<br />
quick footwork, peripheral v<strong>is</strong>ion, alertness, an ear for <strong>the</strong> rhythms<br />
<strong>the</strong>y find little security. most of <strong>the</strong>m, also<br />
<strong>the</strong> machine eats<br />
in all its h<strong>is</strong>tory of unbroken feeding<br />
no portion of that flow has d<strong>is</strong>covered<br />
& passed on any awareness<br />
of what <strong>the</strong>y bring to that machine<br />
<strong>the</strong> humans in <strong>the</strong>ir rhythms feed, but do not remember<br />
not knowing <strong>the</strong>y are machine-food<br />
<strong>the</strong>y blame <strong>the</strong> priests & guardians<br />
who, not knowing <strong>the</strong>y are only machine-feeders no matter what<br />
[<strong>the</strong>y name <strong>the</strong>ir rituals<br />
blame <strong>the</strong> animals <strong>the</strong>y herd<br />
<strong>the</strong> machine knows no concern with definition<br />
its only interest <strong>is</strong> that its needs be met<br />
a constant flow of humans <strong>is</strong> ingested
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