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| '''ethos anthropoi daimon''' | | '''ethos anthropoi daimon''' |
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| scribed in a volume of magritte plates | | scribed in a volume of magritte plates |
| for sue on her birthday 1980 with love | | for sue on her birthday 1980 with love |
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| + | '''Cassandroid Anxieties Revisited''' |
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| + | And the Ire came over Cassandra, |
| + | And Cassandra went out the City, |
| + | And Cassandra came to that Rock, |
| + | And thus spake the Rock, I hear: |
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| + | And why are you thus speaking to a Rock, It says, |
| + | And when the State of your City is Dire, It says, |
| + | |
| + | And it is Just your Monu-Mental Agility, She says, |
| + | And it is Just your Ex-Orbital Capacity, She says, |
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| + | And should you not Ride Over Our Moment, It says, |
| + | And should you not Ventilate Our Hyphen, It says, |
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| + | And should you Muse Over Our Reflection, She says, |
| + | And Imp Etat "I Travail" As "A Trivial", She says, |
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| + | And after that they settled down a Bit, I hear, |
| + | And after that they counted more Amens, I hear, |
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| + | And the Rock will be open to criticism, She says, |
| + | And the Rock may reflect on its moment, She says, |
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| + | And still the Men of the City will vie, It says, |
| + | And still the Men of the City will die, It says, |
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| + | And they are Persians all, so they say, She says, |
| + | And they are wary of Geeks' boring GIF, She says, |
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| + | And still the Men of the City will lie, It says, |
| + | And still the Men of the City will lie, It says, |
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| + | And all of that Need need come to pass, She says, |
| + | And must pass muster to bear Invention, She says, |
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| + | And the Rock will be open to criticism, It says, |
| + | And the Rock may reflect on its moment, It says, |
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| + | And that is just Men, the Sphinx knows, She says, |
| + | And that is just Ending-Where-He-Begat, It says, |
| + | And that is all there is to say, or so, I hear. |
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| + | Jon Awbrey |
| + | 21 Nov 2000 |
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