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    We Will Walk Docilely Down the Road

    We will walk docilely down the road
    toward the bed of coals prepared for us.
    We will not question the why and how of it;
    we will walk docilely down the road.

    None will rebel nor protest
    for we all will have been brainwashed.
    We will walk docilely down the road.

    Some may weep and some may frown
    but that will not stop the flow
    of the millions upon millions
    walking down the road.

    It was all prepared by a little man
    with big horn-rimmed glasses and a sprig
    of hair sticking up from behind.
    Who would have thought
    such an innocent-looking man
    would be the architect of destruction.
    Who would have thought
    that millions upon millions
    would walk docilely down the road.

    Around the bend it waits—the bed of coals,
    some can already feel the heat.
    Some may think there will be relief
    at the end of the bed of coals. But no.

    All that awaits at the end are gigantic pits
    of fire or gargantuan ovens.
    (Do you think prayer will help then?)
    It's too late, my friend.
    The plan was put into place
    generations ago by those
    who believe the earth's resources
    are finite and can only ultimately sustain
    a few million rich. The billions of poor
    are to be sacrificed to Moloch.

    To those who say it will never happen,
    that humankind is too intelligent
    and too independent to be brainwashed,
    I will only point to the past and say:
    Read, study, think, reflect.

    We will walk docilely down the road
    toward the bed of coals prepared for us.
    We will not question the why and how of it.
    We will follow the orders of those
    whom we think have our best interest at heart.
    We will walk docilely down the road.
    Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist.

    Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. - Albert Einstein

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    Like a film, surreal and creepy. Well done.

    "But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
    "Oh, yes, I do."
    "In flames and torment?"
    "Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
    "That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said.
    "Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.

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    I'm assuming we're all going to Hell, perhaps because of some little banker in a room somewhere.

    My only quibble is the repeated line (and title). Try reading it out loud - that word 'docilely' is such a mouthful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hillwalker View Post
    I'm assuming we're all going to Hell, perhaps because of some little banker in a room somewhere.
    Banker? I thought it said he's an architect.
    Nothingness - A dark comedy about delusion, bad weather, and a 21st century witch hunt.

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    The end of the bed of coals is not hell. The end is not punishment; it's destruction--that's all.

    Quote Originally Posted by Haunted View Post
    Like a film, surreal and creepy. Well done.
    Thank you.
    Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist.

    Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. - Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anton Hermes View Post
    Banker? I thought it said he's an architect.
    'an architect of destruction' ? - I'll assume you were being facetious rather than genuinely misreading the poem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hillwalker View Post
    'an architect of destruction' ? - I'll assume you were being facetious rather than genuinely misreading the poem.

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    Right you are.

    I think misreading Jassy's poetry is much more rewarding than actually reading it.
    Nothingness - A dark comedy about delusion, bad weather, and a 21st century witch hunt.

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    Thank you?
    Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist.

    Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. - Albert Einstein

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