File spoon-archives/sa-cyborgs.archive/sa-cyborgs_2002/sa-cyborgs.0203, message 5


Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:11:22 -0500
From: owner-sa-cyborgs-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu (by way of radhika gajjala <radhika-AT-cyberdiva.org>)
Subject: You tell me nothing


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Subject: Re:  You Tell Me Nothing
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You Tell Me Nothing


You tell me
nothing
I do is right,
nothing
I do has merit,
nothing is,
in your authoritative eyes,
alive, that is nothing
resonates, that is
it has neither
value nor worth.

Oh, these words are worth
a fortune, a treasure,
in fact, they are priceless.

I find your judgment
ill
-uminating.

You reveal yourself
to me & the world
with each breath
of spite & vitriol & loss
of respect.

There is a time
& place for everything
& now is
the time & place
I learn about you.

There are costs
in life, but thankfully
some lessons are free
& you were certainly free
to teach me this free
lesson about free
-dom & domination
& fear & loathing &
I am free
now to thank you.

I like to repay
all my debts
acknowledge all the sources
of my thoughts, my life.

The cost of dignity
is relatively nil
& can be daily earned
by simple acts
as rare as compassion.

The loss of dignity
is incalculable.

You should know.


[c 2002 thomas fortenberry]




   

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