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20th century
schizoid man
… I am Rosa Parks
tired of having to give way even though I am sitting on the right seat in Montgomery
I am Steve Biko
still chanting with my bloodied lip face down on the cell floor in Port Elizabeth
I am Solzhenitsyn
blowing warmth onto my hands far far across the Archipelago
I am the Chilean mother
with pictures of my sons tied around my neck in Santiago
I am a Vietnamese family
split up and adrift on several boats in the South China seas
I am a silent Thich Quang Duc
sitting by the Austin Westminster
I used to be a monk
now I am a tourist around the restored Jokhang in Lhasa, China
I am a ‘best minds of my generation’
succumbed to madness
and I howl
silently
against the society that put me in this cell
and told me I am free
I am tired but I push on
even pick up the pace a little
although I forget: I am weak
no one cheers me on
others only notice
when I stumble
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
20th century wormhole: Dr Strange II – … things are the same again
[Allen] Ginsberg wormhole: tag cloud poem VI – anyone’s eyes
Have wormhole: Dr Strange III – the needs of billions
history wormhole: letters to Mum I – a walk / and talk
living & society wormhole: – sigh! –
others wormhole: fully clothed
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