Sunday 17 February 2019

the song of a dove

[[ This started while reading  Ryszard Kapuściński , 'The Anatomy of a Coup d’État', in The Shadow of the Sun. ]]

A peaceful coup,
like the song of a dove,
and the man below
is the man above.

Today is Saturday;
we live in the future.
Today is Sunday;
we live in the past.

This is your signal, 
faithful five:
take them at midnight,
take them alive.

Today is Saturday;
we live in the future.
Today is Sunday;
we live in the past.

A coup must come at once 
from everywhere and silently.
A coup must come at once,
invisibly and deniably.

This is your signal 
at the waterfall:  
stop the five senses.
That is all.

It starts in IT 
on Saturday night.
It ends with pancakes 
at Mama's Delight.

Today is Saturday;
we live in the future.
Today is Sunday;
we live in the past.

...from everywhere and silently.

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