so we are evaluated

it does not matter all the good we do
we are still painted in the tints of rage
since we are seen as creatures in the zoo

someone may think the present time is new
and praise the noble tenor of the age
it does not matter all the good we do

will vanish quickly into background view
and other matters will the world engage
since we are seen as creatures in the zoo

those who their oldest platitudes still spew
may think them things of beauty on the page
it does not matter all the good we do

will move no hearts there will be very few
who'll think to break the bars upon our cage
since we are seen as creatures in the zoo

now all the glory goes to the rough crew
who have learned how to prance upon the stage
it does not matter all the good we do
since we are seen as creatures in the zoo

Book/Sentence meme

From several different LJs:

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Eric Williams, <i>Capitalism & Slavery</i>, New York: Capricorn Books, 1966.

Not a nail, not a horseshoe, said Chatham, could be manufactured, nor hats, nor iron, nor refined sugar.