This one seems to work very well Lawrence. I don't quite know why, but it has a moving power to it. Especially the last stanza.
-Peter Ciccariello -----Original Message----- From: Lawrence Upton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA Sent: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:35:41 +0100 Subject: Strange signs are pulled away in a series of incentives. See this. Men, with tiny love, are drinking. They are observant. How beautiful is this? It is very beautiful. Strange signs are pulled away in a series of incentives. The arrogant ones, used to extensive feeling, build multi-storey suspicions, surrounding almost every speech with speedy hostilities. The miserable ones sit quietly, watching, in a brightness, aware that they are being watched. Both types, and there are others, teach themselves good stories which they have made up themselves, imploring they know not whom, as if in prayer. They sometimes raise their inner voices as they hurry down fearful corridors. They look at their watches in moods of admitted defeat. Surveillance is mucky. The rattle of windows can alter intelligence reports in almost every detail. It is inevitable, given the smell of the selected targets. They are beautiful because of their social emptiness. They are beautiful because few think anything. Each can be whatever you want. What would you like to do to them?
