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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
From the desperate city you go into the desperate country
and have to console yourself
with the bravery of minks and muskrats.
A stereotyped but unconscious despair
is concealed even under what are called
the games and amusements of mankind.
There is no play in them, for this comes after work.
But it is a characteristic of wisdom
not to do desperate things....
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they kick the ball, they run back
the ball, they grunt scream and collide,
watching their portfolios
behind concussions coincidental with overvalues of money.
symbolic hurt,
sponsored by resignation of inches across a map,
a field, oceanic territory, and one's worth
depleted shells of desperation
as american snipers are hailed
journalists jailed
and speech plays the snail, escargone
over freedom sensibility palate
dipped in butter of remorse
the only way to stomach the headlines
permissible in mecca by lash and sword,
and nra cowboys at the box office
where the minks are russian
and the muskrats take confession and give their
two cents while taking nine
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