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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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10.8.02



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Stealth in their cyber gaze.
They scour the land for Saddam.

They poison every river, creek and well.
They darken school and hospital.
They warp the words you spell.
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Sweet my child, do not wake now.
Your eyes once soft are hard as rock.
Your hair is white as snow.


M. Shahid Alam

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