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Wysłany: Pią 12:50, 18 Lut 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published bbaaaacp |
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RACKED BETWEEN THEIR TEETH
FOR THE KERNELS INSIDE. THEY PICKED UP STRAY BITS OF
BREAD THE SIZE OF PEAS
APPLE CORES SO BLACK AND DIRTY
ONE WOULD NOT TAKE THEM TO BE APPLE CORES
AND THESE
THINGS THESE TWO MEN TOOK INTO THEIR MOUTHS
AND
CHEWED THEM
AND SWALLOWED THEM; AND THIS
BETWEEN
SIX AND SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING OF AUGUST 20
YEAR OF OUR LORD 1902
IN THE HEART OF THE GREATEST
WEALTHIEST
AND MOST POWERFUL EMPIRE THE WORLD HAS
EVER SEEN.
These two men talked. They were not fools
they were merely old.
And
naturally
their guts a-reek with pavement offal
they talked of
bloody revolution. They talked as anarchists
fanatics
and madmen
would talk. And who shall blame them? In spite of my three good
meals that day
and the snug bed I could occupy if I wished
and my social
philosophy
and my evolutionary belief in the slow development and
metamorphosis of things--in spite of all this
I say
I felt impelled to talk
rot with them or hold my tongue. Poor fools And is life really its own reward[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Orboundtogather
reinforcements! Not of their sort are
revolutions bred. And when they are dead and dust
which will be
shortly
other fools will talk blo
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