The Declaration of Independence

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government."

The kittens in her belly said feed me.

I was listening to NPR while I was driving taxi today.  There was a feature on poetry written by soldiers in the Iraq war.  I didn't expect much, and quite frankly expected it to be bad as I am a poetry snob and supremely picky about it.  I was however blown away (no pun intended) by Ryan Alexander's "The Cat."  Below, I will post the text and here is a link where you can listen to him read it.  I highly advise the latter.  It is devastatingly powerful.

( 'The Cat' )