“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - CS Lewis

[Plato told]
—e.e. Cummings

plato told

him:he couldn’t
believe it(jesus

told him;he
wouldn’t believe
it)lao

tsze
certainly told
him,and general
(yes

mam)
sherman;
and even
(believe it
or

not)you
told him:i told
him;we told him
(he didn’t believe it,no

sir)it took
a nipponized bit of
the old sixth

avenue
el;in the top of his head:to tell

him
1944

Start with the black.
Grind it fine.
Not powder, dust.
Grind it fine.
Six one-two oh-eight by weight.

Next with the white.
Grind it fine.
Not powder, dust.
Grind it fine.
Six one-two oh-eight by weight.

Now the yellow.
Grind it fine.
Not powder, dust.
Grind it fine.
Six one-two oh-eight by weight.

Mix in water
Let dry in the sun
Grind it fine.
Not dust, powder.
Grind it fine.
Six one-two oh-eight by weight.


(Do that last bit outside the cabin, away from the fire)

Six one-two oh-eight by weight.