Jim, Julie's perspective is valuable, and much of what she says is admirable. Improving flawed organizations from the inside is noble work. I am not at all convinced by her implied point: that publishing poems in magazines that stump for fascism contributes, in any meaningful, effective way, to that sort of work.
"Tend your own garden" is fine advice much of the time, though when the owner of the neighboring garden has a gun and is coming for yours (this is a metaphor for fascism), you might want to start worrying about what's going on in the gardens around you.
David, your poem is an apt improvement on the original David R's.
|