o f course:
t r u e change is always too slow
and o u r b e s t hopes rest with
s t e a d y
on
beyond our own times
the t r u e revolutions h a p p e n
within the covers of our best books
inside the noises of words with words
inside the movements of reading eyes
so:
the writers are the engines
the artists are the engines
and the women and men
and the girls and the boys
read ing those noisy books
all are engines of true change
the words contain the power
and the books must have that
power and the noise of that
story and the shout of that song
must always be louder than the
silence of the bullets and the
silent deaths of grim despair
we m o v e forward with love
the s t r u g g l e c o n t I n u e s
c.2009: arnold adoff
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