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WHO IS LISTENING?
WHO IS LISTENING?
We have to live in a barrel for people to listen;
The full throated are heard but not listened to;
Commodities of hearing are mostly frozen.
Like so many Russian Jews eating borscht with
Cream bewailing the pogroms; who is listening?
Indians wanted the ear of the Great White Father.
G.I. Joe lied about his age to get into the war; only
Sixteen and he wanted someone to read his letters;
He wrote them even though no one listened.
Most of the listening is done above the sea among
The froth and spray; very little is done in deep waters;
Unutterable lamentation is for Davy Jones’ locker.
The mouni sadhu lives in a cave and takes a vow of
Silence; there is nothing for him to listen to except
The resounding of the heavens and its constant roar.
The world being full of madness requires a study of
The art of madness; in such a university the professor
Expects you to listen; why is it you are not listening.
