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FUGUE STATE

 


FUGUE STATE

 

-         Ted Pearson (U.S.A.)

 

Death everywhere, but nothing

to die for. Every cause has its

lethal effects. The death

of love is but a local instance.

Heroic acts are largely unconscious.

Martyrs are pawns to ideology.

A dying man, alone with his

thoughts, asks no more than he

now can recall. The dead, being

dead, ask for nothing at all.

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