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Click here(dedicated to Mike Cooper a.k.a. Sir Coop)
This torch of civilization's marathon,
this torch of egalitarian progress,
this torch has been carried by stalwart heroes
like Sacagawea and Frederick Douglas,
has been progressed by the long legs
of Lincoln, Darwin, and Shakespeare
This bright flame of the humane
has survived stormy, nazi nights
and derived inspiration from the very lightning bolts
of the Inquisition
Its history stretches back
farther than any eye can see
and has been recorded on countless cavewalls
and in Bardic melodies
To carry this torch
is to call Christ, Einstein, and Steinbeck: "comrade"
to live and die by the primal pulse of Gaiia
to with Vulnerable hand extend
the flaming olive-branch!!
We need poems like that
So badly right now
It takes power to be optimistic
You would probably say realistic
Thank you.
Throughout the ages ~ men have kept that flame from being extinguished as the marathon rushes headlong...evocative with powerful images and memories.
A more upbeat view than I'd have expected from you;
It's almost positively gushing with joy at the human condition.