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[derringer-puss.livejournal.com]

Now that he is safely dead
Let us praise him
Build monuments to his glory
Sing hosannas to his name.
Dead men make
Such convenient heroes: They cannot rise
To challenge the images
We would fashion from their lives.
And besides,
It is easier to build monuments
Than to make a better world.

So, now that he is safely dead
We with eased consciences
Will teach our children
That he was a great man … knowing
That the cause for which he lived
Is still a cause
And the dream for which he died
Is still a dream,
A dead man’s dream.

Carl Wendell Himes, Jr.

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[one-earth-heart.livejournal.com]

Wow. Hits the nail right on idolatry's head. When are we going to start acknowledging and accepting our responsibility for what we make of this world?

You who offer wine, we are waiting on the lip
Of the ocean of ruin. Take this moment as a gift; for the distance
Between the lip and the mouth is not all that great.

--Hafez (Translated by Robert Bly)