Time was
when chivalry was the code
honor was the meaning
of life
and to give your word
was to give your best
womanhood was cherished
nature revered
and protected
Now there is no time
except to rush around;
acquire things,
destroy forests
pollute seas
sue for money
and material gain
whore for pleasure
rape and murder
the name
of the game
when chivalry was the code
honor was the meaning
of life
and to give your word
was to give your best
womanhood was cherished
nature revered
and protected
Now there is no time
except to rush around;
acquire things,
destroy forests
pollute seas
sue for money
and material gain
whore for pleasure
rape and murder
the name
of the game
nessi The secret of it all is to write in the gush, the throb, the flood, of the moment -- to get things down without deliberation -- without worrying about their style -- without waiting for a fit time or place. I always worked that way. I took the first scrap of paper, the first doorstep, the first desk, and wrote -- wrote, wrote . . . By writing in the instant the very heartbeat of life is caught. "Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations"


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