I want to smash the whole thing into a pile of junk

[Philosoraptor]

Ready to Kill.

TEN minutes now I have been looking at this.
I have gone by here before and wondered about it.
This is a bronze memorial of a famous general
Riding horseback with a flag and a sword and a revolver
on him.
I want to smash the whole thing into a pile of junk to be
hauled away to the scrap yard.
I put it straight to you,
After the farmer, the miner, the shop man, the factory
hand, the fireman and the teamster,
Have all been remembered with bronze memorials,
Shaping them on the job of getting all of us
Something to eat and something to wear,
When they stack a few silhouettes
Against the sky
Here in the park,
And show the real huskies that are doing the work of
the world, and feeding people instead of butchering them,
Then maybe I will stand here
And look easy at this general of the army holding a flag
in the air,
And riding like hell on horseback
Ready to kill anybody that gets in his way,
Ready to run the red blood and slush the bowels of men
all over the sweet new grass of the prairie.

Carl Sandburg, Chicago Poems.

[scarletwoman]

1. k & r - Thank you bringing Carl Sandburg to us this morning. Awesome poem. (nt)

[halobeam]

2. Thanks.

K & R !!!

[bluerum]

3. Amen. eom

[Swamp Rat]

4. I am sick of the exaltation of war heroes.

:thumbsdown:

It helps perpetuate war.

[Philosoraptor]

5. Where ARE all the statues to peace?

[Swamp Rat]

6. this is the closest thing we have...

may they rest in peace.

[lonestarnot]

7. Peace Swampie.

:cry:

[Swamp Rat]

8. peace

[lonestarnot]

9. very beautiful.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

10. K&R

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. By all means, don't go to the Roosevelt memorial.

In your state you'll fall to the ground a broken man.

[Swamp Rat]

14. What do you mean by: "In your state you'll fall to the ground a broken man."

How do you know whether or not Philosoraptor is wheelchair bound or not?

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. His flesh may be strong...

...but his spirit is weakened by the human deprivation that he's witnessed under the Bush-Cheney years.

[Bluerthanblue]

12. oh, my..... WOW... thank you for that grounding. ! eom

[lectrobyte]

13. Oh wait, you're talking about a war memorial, not a 30,000 sq ft house. never mind.

[leftofthedial]

15. thanks, P-

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

17. After the NFC championship game, one of the announcers actually quoted

a whole verse of Sandburg, not just a line. I was very pleased.

[Bucky]

18. Pfhew, what a relief. From your subject line, I thought this was another Edwards's big house thread