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The Charge of the Poet Brigade

By Mad Jack

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Before the poets lay a daunting task. How could their editor really ask? How could they be put under such duress, to go and write about Congress? In order to keep the hounds at bay, their captain stood up, had this to say: "Ours is not to reason why" ours but to write or cry. Into the valley of words wrote the six poets. Congress lay before them, great orators at the rostrum. 'What shall we say, what shall we so? what really is this ballyhoo?' Into the flood of words, drowned the six poets. Trying to make sense of it, sensing no one tries a bit. 'What can we say about these cackling birds? We'll sum it up with these few simple words.' Reason, Reason, everywhere, nor any mind to think.the line "Ours is not to reason why" is borrowed from Tennyson. The last two were inspired by Coleridge. Written March 4th, 2002 © on Mar 04 2002 04:00 AM PST   0 • 14

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