jump count
The cycle sunk
and with disaster
capsized the bounty:
a quick game played into
extra terms and over time,
a reckless plot with
some mention of revenge;
a speculative view
afforded by affronting the populace.
the spring is wound…
the sword is drawn with crayons,
and you and I are pawns
in a game of pick-em-up 52.
-Zumwalt 1973
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A profound and apt piece for today’s world.
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Eugi,
Thanks!
It is interesting that a post-Watergate piece is just as relevant today — maybe more so.
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You’re welcome.
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When the populace has all the cards, it’s best to seize the brioche, and take Captain William Bligh to the guillotine with breadfruit, and let the Tahitian girls celebrate before the cards can be dropped by the children to the floor.
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