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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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10.4.02

Antler: poems from "A Second Before It Bursts"
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Factories volunteer to be thrown into the volcano
so the acid-rain typhoon won't come.
Factories leap on the live grenade of industrialism
to save their buddies, us.
Factories wander away in a blizzard
because they've become a burden
on the tribe.
Factories give themselves to be crucified
so all who believe in them
can relax forever.
Factories immolate themselves
on the work-ethic's funeral pyre.
Factories have to be cut off below the knee
to save the leg.
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{a great thing to find online is poem by Antler, and also all these poets at the amazing and wonderful EPC

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