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Terrorism, Nazism, Fundamentalism
all fueled by literalism.
The cockroach must be ground underfoot
there is no need for remorse
because all that has been killed
is a cockroach, after all.
The poet uses metaphor
to give space for otherness,
so the cockroach of the poet
is beyond cockroach -
it is father, son, lover,
doctor, teacher, factory worker.
If you kill this cockroach
you will feel remorse.
Alison Cassidy
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Planz has gone (4/12/2008 6:52:00 PM)
Seems appropriate that I rebuttal to this one.... the crocodile and the cockroach... been around a long time.... the big, the small.... one bites, one snaps and so often it is us that slaps.... keep writing them One Peace at a Time... aroha from Emancipation Planz |
Elysabeth Faslund (9/15/2007 11:13:00 AM)
The next time I snap on the light on the back porch, and see a million-pus-one scurrying...I will reconsider about 2 seconds, before spraying. Emphatically, a poet can use any vehicle to get a point across and you have done this ultra well! ! xxElysabeth |
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