The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 7/22/08

[BlueIris]

"Resistance"

We retreated to the forests
and from the forests
to the mountains.

We were not lost,
and we could not be
found. Expecting nothing,

we followed no strategy.
We were not concerned
with innocence

and guilt, ignored the conscription
of symbols. We learned
to accept the presence

of initial conditions.
The movement meant nothing
to us; the sanctification

of resistance
was unknown.
The instrument of violence

was something
we borrowed and returned
when we were done.

They expected our resistance
to weaken and disappear,
but, like desire,

it was not something
we could dispense
with. Sharing everything,

we were never alone.
Like a choir,
we blended together,

retreating to the forests
and from the forests
to the mountains.

—Peter Leight

[Chan790]

1. Reversion to primativism and the state of nature?

I don't really feel it. :(

It makes me think of Red Dawn; which was a terrible movie.

[BlueIris]

2. This poem resonates with me because it's how I've felt for most of my time in America

after the 2004 "election."

[BlueIris]

3. Kick.

[RetroLounge]

4. Thanks!

The movement meant nothing
to us; the sanctification

of resistance
was unknown.

:hi:

RL