05.06.2004

"I muse upon my country's ills"—Melville, Misgivings, 1860 
Tyranny be damned, violence is democratized

It's easy to do bad stuff; it happens near you
It's costly to turn down the heart . . . or hype it up

Also want to write: costly to turn down the world . . . or hype it up
The world is the heart of the matter, even if words and desire fail

So, hours, years of sleepless nights for this? This!
Well, she shrugged, now I know how, sort of even when, the end will be