Wednesday, March 1, 2006

I Wondered

I wondered once long ago, what it must have been like to live in an autocracy -- Europe under the Inquisition, Germany under Hitler, Iraq under Hussein.

How could it come to pass that the people would mostly remain silent? Why would so many go along for so long?

But today, I keep my mouth mostly shut except when I am in friendly company. And I mostly write about such things as the thin crescent moon, preferring the meager value of simple imagery to the risks (as I perceive them) of speaking any more loudly.

And I wonder no more.


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