29. Whether we voted for these dread names Or rail like forever against their endless wrongs and failures Either way We designate their names The names above all other names The strong man The first character The statue above all statues And the tower to the sky Go lightly Unmake the towers Disperse all you many languages Don’t seek deliverance from death Lest ye be trapped numb within the walls of big and disappointing promises Seek life and love And know that these days, you’ll find them Where death and grief roam Live bravely, in this present, amidst this wounded whole I hope a world without these is coming But not by might Nor by endless management — @davidbenjaminblower