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Blind.
Posted: 27 September 2003
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Category, pigeon-hole, label -
you think this means you 'know'.
You believe you've a handle on me,
the world, all around,
but you've simply fooled yourself so.
You don't 'know'; you don't dare look -
Cold dead eyes so unable to see.
No colours or contours are there
in this void
that cannot incorporate me.
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 Fearless at 15:49 on 27 September 2003
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How could one get a handle on an entity, a being, that continues to grow, develop, and is so movingly fluid?
Ever wondered how some eyes are programmed to ignore what's there - what's really there? Sure, our eyes see trees, people, signs, cars, etc. But if an alien spaceship landed outside Tescos to get cheap fuel, most eyes would dismiss it.
Trouble is, we too often do that with the people right in front of us.
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Bobo at 09:55 on 29 September 2003
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I think we live in a society that takes too much for granted - generalisation and pigeon-holing is how people get thru each day. It's the same categorisation that led to the holocaust...
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Fearless at 10:08 on 29 September 2003
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If you have the time, you may want to read 'Exterminate the Brutes' by Sven Linqvist - part travel diary, part historical analysis about colonialism's excesses...leading to the holocaust in Europe.
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Bobo at 23:21 on 29 September 2003
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I'll look out for it Fearless. Have you read any of Hannah Arendt's work? Fascinating link between bureaucracy and subjugation.
B x
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Bobo at 09:38 on 30 September 2003
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Definitely do. If it's possible, it illustrates how 'easily' the holocaust could repeat itself in a supposedly 'civilised' society. Very scary reading...the efficiency of the Nazi 'machine' was awesome...modern productivity and bureaucracy at their extreme...
B
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Rai15 at 18:58 on 30 September 2003
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I thought this piece was brilliant, very powerful because it is so true. Unfortunately I have to suffer being categorised everyday, and the stereotypes that come with it. So, i really did love this poem.
~Rai~
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Ticonderoga at 23:47 on 05 October 2003
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Loved this too! Triggered another memory. I wrote something called 'personpoem' a while ago, which covers similar terrain. Might post it. You did well to give up the City-sham!
Best,
Mike
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Bobo at 08:54 on 27 October 2003
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Cheers guys - your encouraging words really help keep me going!
B x
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