Sunday, November 25, 2018

with a fan and plan and sleigh of hand

with a fan and plan and sleigh of hand
can you make a train go?
can you spin a market on financial paper, ‘lectronic entrys, whim?

they love their toys,
“Give me more! and more, Santa!”—
the money changers, drunk again,
Christmas in their big sock and all the world
to boot as hard as they may

get rid of whoever you want,
dump whatever you like,
clever but not it, no, not even

knife in the heart, it’s a game,
watch them play from here to almost
eternity

the Christmas tree gets lit anyway

                           -Auguste Bertholdi at Lviv, Ukraine:  "Liberty"



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