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The Assuming Dark

from Waiting For Angels by Peter Bruce Wilder

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the assuming dark
09.16.04
Peter Bruce Wilder
copyright 2007 Maplewood/Earlines, BMI

circling histories repeating themselves
— advantages taken of truncated lives
one generation dominates the other
— burying the evidence, washing the knives

gramma was clear on good and evil
but allowed the fringes of black and white
where complex strands of gray co-mingle
and never say for or against the night

what of these crack pots and their semi autos?
what of these pacifists torching themselves?
loading up on ammo in a Montana meadow
or facing chain saws in a redwood hell

the assuming dark approaches clearly
— the northern hemispheres contract their light
these humans huddled, alone together
trying to ferret the day from night

the assuming dark blankets softly
— allowing stars where there is no power
these humans crying, alone
— together creating hurdles that grow into towers

a world economy based on war
— commerce based on taking it all
sharing only with advantages proven
— great empires never realize their fall

prodding diversity to make it all march to drummers that howl behind every turn
the soul of the rich as a pawn shop owner
crushing the innocent with money to burn

what of grown infants and their rush to judgement?
attempting to legislate behavior, routine
what of hearing God’s voice from the mountains
justifying an empire too large to be seen

the assuming dark approaches clearly
— the northern hemispheres contract their light
these humans huddled, alone together
trying to ferret the day from night

the assuming dark blankets softly
— allowing stars where there is no power
these humans crying, alone
— together creating hurdles that grow into towers

and what of you and what of me?
do we operate on a basis of truth?
are we moving pieces across life’s gameboard?
is it all we learned from wasted youth?

the assuming dark approaches clearly
— the northern hemispheres contract their light
these humans huddled, alone together
trying to ferret the day from night

the assuming dark blankets softly
— allowing stars where there is no power
these humans crying, alone
— together creating hurdles that grow into towers

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from Waiting For Angels, released April 5, 2007

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