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It was a pleasure to burn. - Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

'Cause Sadie moved like water poured
The shapes she shaped had angels floored
She knew her walk turned wind to fire
A wink from Sadie turned brains to mire"
-Tim Seibles, The Ballad of Sadie LaBabe





Sunday, February 19, 2006

she walks

She walks into the depth of the trees
Standing before two paths.
They both beckoned her forward
And she was torn on what to decide.
Down the path to the left
She noticed blissful confusion.
A world of the present where
Things are uncomfortably happy.
He was there, smiling shyly at her
His lips mouthed, "Come on."

And she almost followed, blindly
As she often did.
Yet there was a gentle nudging
She could feel it on her right arm.
With a quick glance she saw
The future, without him.
She knew it was a lonely road
She faced two choices.
She glanced back and forth once more
Drew in a deep breath, and began to walk.

Left.
She was after all, a sucker for love.

2004
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The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss. This is one of my absolute favorite stories. Focusing on prejudice, it demonstrates the silliness of segregating people based on categories (race, religion, gender, etc). The story's strength is that it shows just how arbitrary these categories are.

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In this classic story, a new mother suffering from what we might today call 'post-partum depression,' sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.

Lies My Teacher Told Me (1995) - James Loewen

The Covert War Against Rock (2000) - Alex Constantine

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"Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" He asked. "Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."

(both quotes from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," available in full-text here.)