Dr. Seuss Slaying “America First” 1941
I don’t fear the dark.
I don’t fear the forest or the city.
I don’t fear being alone.
I don’t fear losing everything or being without.
I do not fear the rain or snow or wind.
I do not fear god.
And I don’t fear terrorists.
And I don’t fear criminals.
And I don’t fear missiles raining down from the sky.
And I don’t fear foreign nations invading this country.
And I sure as hell don’t fear any child or mother or father who flees to this nation to escape war and death.
But what I do fear is your fear.
I fear your cowardice and indifference.
I fear your apathy and distraction.
I fear your tiny attention span and your short-sightedness.
I fear your willingness to accept an evil done in your name.
I fear your preference for dividing people into us and them.
I fear your lack of empathy and compassion.
I fear how you mask your prejudices.
I fear the cruelty of your greed.
I fear your ignorance of your civic responsibilities.
I fear your sense of entitlement.
I fear your indifference to education, history or knowledge.
I fear the blatant stupidity and gullibility you proudly display like a new tattoo.
Don’t mistake this as attack on others– I am as much the you in this as anyone else.
And that is to my great shame.
Our great shame.
Enough is Enough.
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No more to say. For this Sunday morning music I am carrying the tone of the above right into the song. It’s some late Johnny Cash, from his American Recordings period when his scarred voice carried his age and emotion so eloquently. It’s his cover of I See a Darkness from Bonnie “Prince” Billy aka Will Oldham with the following as part of its chorus:
Oh, no, I see a darkness.
Did you know how much I love you?
Is a hope that somehow you,
Can save me from this darkness.
Have a day.
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