easy as 1234, the morning-after and theres no pill to take
to kill the insemination have to ride
it out and hope the offspring isnt a monster,
9 11. 16
years ago flying back from Greece a woman reporter stationed in the US
New York told him as they munched on figs she plucked from her orchard that
morning -- her husband who fetched them from an overhead
compartment told him he ought to feel honored because his wife never shared her
figs with anyone -- she
confessed she hadnt
Politically she said Americans
are children They dont pay attention to
what their leaders do to them They dont demand the things they ought to demand for
themselves or their country And until they suffer a dictator they wont grow up
he wasnt startled
her words were true
very fortunately the delicious figs didnt
turn bitter in his mouth
I dont worry about you she said
Your words tell me you understand
the cabin seemed to grown
darker somber
absently people reached up poked
their fingers at the buttons to light their overhead lamps so they could better
see what they had in their laps or laid on their trays beside their beverages
You see its a terrible right of
passage I hope your people can be brave
and resilient when it happens
You say when not if
Yes When Every
empire fails falls America is no different despite its self-proclaimed
entitlement it an indispensable nation
No matter what children think of
their parents there comes a time to grow up and then they see their parents for
who and what they are
If If they
grow up
