When I Was A Boy I Was

In Plato's Republic, Poets Were Considered Subversive, A Danger To The Republic. I Kind Of Relish That Role. So I See My Present Role As A Gadfly, To Use My Soapbox To Promote My Various Ideas And Obsesions.

Communism Wasn't A Word That I Thought Of When I Went To Cuba. The Original Fidelistas Were Not Communists. They Were Graduate Students At The University And Law Students. After The Fidelistas Took Over, They Went To Washington And Tried To Get Support From The U.s. Government, Which Turned Them Down. They Were In A Desperate Political And Economic Situation, So They Took The Offer From The Soviet Union. Communism Was A Matter Of Necessity.

Anyone Who Saw Nagasaki Would Suddenly Realize That They'd Been Kept In The Dark By The United States Government As To What Atomic Bombs Can Do.

The World Is A Beautiful Place To Be Born Into If You Don't Mind Some People Dying All The Time Or Maybe Only Starving Some Of The Time Which Isn't Half So Bad If It Isn't You.

The Paintings May Communicate Even Better Because People Are Lazy And They Can Look At A Painting With Less Effort Than They Can Read A Poem.