Poem: CRUSH

Ritter, Chris D (rittec@UH2297P01.DAYTONOH.ATTGIS.COM)
Sat, 28 Oct 1995 04:52:28 -0500

CRUSH
by christopher ritter

i.
Skittleyscat around the racetrack
that is a sidewalkfair for the
littleflatrunner The Cockroach.

And in a
circle of mystery
which he follows
repeatedly

I seem to see the way the planet turns-
as if somewhere alongtheLine
there+s a man in greypinstripes
with a LARGE enough SOUL to
s u r r o u n d you

And without the inclination of where he+s going
or who he+s gotta s t e p on to get there,
You find yourself physically mystified
by his POWER, and life becomes obsolete.

ii.
There+s a high game of tennis going on
in the Nuclear Fields of the Near East and beyond.

--And if no one minds,
I+d like to point a loaded pistol
at your child+s forehead--

For these are the temples which we hold so dear-
our futures that link together the past +and the+ present
in a beautiful array of imaginative colors
(safe enough for the smallest infants)

And pointed strait into those blossoming minds
are the locked targets of Nuclear Warfare-
the Tip of the Kingdom to Come.

Scribbled on the chalk board:
ROLE CALL FOR CAPABILITIES
LibyaIranIraqPakistanNorthKoreaSouthAfrica.
Remember Nagasaki? Remember Hiroshima?

Imagine a l i f e t i m e of peeling
your child+s memories off the walls:
Nothing but a dying shadow remains.

IGNORANCE will no longer subdue these realities,
it is time to understand before the sole steps forward.

iii.
And the Unabomer says:
+This is not to be a +political revolution+.
This is not to be a +political revolution+.
Clearly we are in a position to do a great deal of damage,
[But] this is not to be a +political revolution+.+

Look towards the SOLUTION and all around
the ||Facet of Answers||
you+ll see blood.. BLOOD
the Universal Cleanser.
Wipes away REVENGE and
s oc I a l di s ToRt io n in one fowl sweep.

+We blew up Thomas Mosser.
We blew up Thomas Mosser.
Technology... will.. inflict [a] great[er] damage...
[So] we blew up Thomas Mosser.+

Immunize the loss
of self-control , pick-
up a brain cell and
replicate the process
until your head is
filled with equalized
ideas where man-
kind evolves into the
continuing centuries,
and not into the grave.

+We advocate a revolution against the industrial system.
We advocate a revolution against the industrial system .
The destruction of [the] system [is our] +only+ goal.
We advocate a revolution against the industrial system.+

The system that at once gives us the FREEDOM
to do as we see fit and then revokes those privileges
if It doesn+t agree

is on Jihad in the name of D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-Y.
Rhythm and rhyme in syncopated time
of the Poor Man who stands with less riches
than ideas
(believer above them and willing to deny them)
dies in their war path because Stalin was his.

+The people who are pushing all this growth and progress..
The people who are pushing all this growth and progress..
The people who are pushing all this growth and progress..
deserve to be severely punished.+

iv.
Circles
and circles
and circles
around me,
pouring their misery
D I R E C T L Y
and through me.
All the indignity
done to the mind
Is credited due
to the loss of Belief.

I can no longer be lieve
in what You won+t give me.
Freedom Expression
Art for Art+s sake.
Common Wealth
The Republic
The Great Escape
Into the Great Beyond
Everything has been lost
To Death of Morality.

Now it+s time to see
the w a v e of the future:
CYBERSPACE beyond CYBERTIME.
Technology is a friend of mine.

For when America stands before Her Roman predecessors
I+ll have the ability to VIRTUALLY escape Her fall.