Revolutionary Letter #60

by Diane di Prima

Look to the cities, see how 'urban renewal'
tears out the slums from the heart of town
forces expendable poor to the edges, to some
remote & indefensable piece of ground:
Hunters Point, Lower East Side, Columbia Point
out of sight, out of mind. & when bread riots come
(conjured by cutting welfare, raising prices)
the man wont hesitate to raze those ghettos
& few will see. & fewer will object.

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não faz mal nenhum dizer que adoro Diane. um pouco deste Revolutionary Letters, aqui.

fall 1953 - kraft cheese spreads on pepperidge farm bread for lunch,
this at work while doing latin, i was reading vergil i think, i worked in the
credit department of a large sugar company.
em Dinners and Nightmares.