Reappraise The Past, Re-evaluate Where We've Been,

Old Folks Are The Nation.

People Have To Be Given Permission To Write, And They Have To Be Given Space To Breathe And Stumble. They Have To Be Given Time To Develop And To Reveal What They Can Do.

Words Are To Be Taken Seriously. I Try To Take Seriously Acts Of Language. Words Set Things In Motion. I've Seen Them Doing It. Words Set Up Atmospheres, Electrical Fields, Charges.

When We Ever Invited The Beast To Dinner He Didn't Come In And Swipe The Napkins And Start Taking Notes On The Tablecloth 'bout How To Take Over The Whole House?

Take Away The Miseries And You Take Away Some Folks' Reason For Living.