Let’s be like David Dangell¹, let’s pray on our knees in privacy-- Let’s say “O Thinker of all this, be kind”--Let’s entreat him, or it, to be kind in those thoughts-- All he has to do is think kind thoughts, God, and the world is saved-- And every one of us is God-- What else? And what else when we’re praying on our knees in privacy?
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“What can I do?” I say. “Except advise kindness.”
“O kindness be damned!” yells the world. “Let us have order!" Once order comes, the orders come-- I say “Let us have forgiveness everywhere-- try as hard as you can-- forgive-- forget-- Yes pray on your knees for the power to forgive and forget-- then all will be snowy Heaven.”
¹Psuedonym for Phillip Lamantia
... I may have to retry Kerouac because of your influence..!
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