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Ego's Will by James B. Earley

10/7/2008 11:59:10 PM
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James B. Earley
( Mounds, Il)
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Ego's Will
 
  'Ego's Will'...A perception......of Man's inhumanity to Man......penned late evening,12 March 2003........
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Not..in my name
Shall ego's will
That obscene thrill to kill
Our hapless youths and others
Much too young
To buy....one last drink
At the brink..of..annihilation

Not...in my name
Shall ego's will
That obscene thrill to kill
....and maim...
Yet claim that maim 'Salvation's' maim
And...therefore...decidedly not the same
....But..democratically different

Not...in my name
Shall ego's will
That obscene thrill to kill
....Assassinate...
A sovereign nation's head of state
And..confiscate..its resources
...Desecrate..its land...and decimate
....Its people

My country's shame
Not...in my name
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'No man is an island...any man's death diminishes me...never ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.' John Donne (1572-1631)

James B. Earley


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Adeline Foster (8/14/2008 5:16:00 PM)
I like your quotes both in the heading and in the footnotes. Some real depth of questioning in this one. Format is great. Thanks for the comment on Last Rung. May I point out that in that poem the assent was never achieved?
Adeline
Moriah Lederman (7/13/2008 2:12:00 AM)
Well written James. You speak for many.

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