human upheaval

marches and riots in tehran
the leaders are not trusted
ahmadinajab is weakened
green flags everywhere
the women of iran are rising up
the streets are noisy and crazy
o tehran tehran tehran
do not forget our love
be at peace o beautiful tehran

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what's madness but nobility of soul
at odds with circumstance?

- theodore roethke

artistic teleology

one does not inherit an audience
one builds one
one reader at a time

- david bromige +2009