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Between determination and termination, a simple "de" or in Spanish "of" reordered into termination of self in the name of democratization: a little magic trick of deconstruction, applied by the post-imperialist Imperialists who will democratize civilization's cradle into a cradle for consumerism: watch now as these future workers of the Arab world reconstruct themselves into Its capitalistic image. Between deconstruction and reconstruction, a minimal pair or in global-economic terms the opportunity to "re" coup, to provide a regimen after regime change: to help the body politic recuperate from collateral damage. A little business trick of the post-industrial entrepreneur whose military expenditure becomes the cost of opportunity to be recouped through minimal input contracts. Between abject horror and sublime beauty, a question of value or in literary praxis a defining of pathetic characters upon a stage too full of sound and fury, signifying that nothing besides ledgers and accounts has any value, that the line in the sand is a bottom line, that red blood seeping into the desert will transmute into the bullish red of speculators and money-changers who should have been driven from the temple long ago. · · · · · ·
Poetry on Swans Iraq on Swans Gerard Donnelly Smith, a poet and musician, teaches creative writing, literature and composition at Clark College in Vancouver WA. CERRO de la ESTRELLA (Logan Elm Press, 1992) was chosen for The Governor's Award for the Arts in Ohio, 1992. Excerpts from THE AMERICAN CORPSE (10 poems) were published in Apex of the M in 1995. He is the current director of the Columbia Writers Series, an Honorary Board Member of The Mountain Writers Series, and co-advisor of the Native American Student Council at Clark College. He has also organized readings for Poets Against the War. Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this article on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first paragraph or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work on the Web without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted, © Gerard Donnelly Smith 2003. All rights reserved. |
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