Posted on 03/28/2005 5:50:57 PM PST by Louis Foxwell
Is She Alive? -Amos the Prophet
She lays unthinking-unfeeling-unknowing that she is alive. Now dying of thirst and hunger but peaceful, beautiful and serene. She does not, cannot, know of the uproar that surrounds her. She is oblivious, unreachable, beyond all we cherish as human.
Or she is not.
Or she is aware and knows the terror that dominates her. Or she knows the names and faces of her enemies and fears their horrible power. Or she longs for a few more minutes with those who cherish her. Or she yearns for a drop of water.
Does she know that the cult of death sends lawyers to kill her with law? Does she know that no judge in the land will review her executioner’s verdict? Does she know that her government has washed its hands of her death?
Ah, but such questions are the ravings of religious fanatics and right wing zealots. Do not let yourself fret over such guilt laden accusations. She is a zombie, a living death. She needs to die quickly, quickly, quickly. Why won’t she die? Why doesn’t she die?
According to her own parents, yes.
I see we changed the last line.
Well, You seemed not pleased with a quote attributed to her husband. And I did so want to share.
I guess you are the moderator who pulled my first draft. Changing it did gut the power of my prose.
There were 19 views after it was pulled. Is there a think tank about?
So b@@ch would have been acceptable?
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