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“THERE IS WAR AND THERE IS REVOLUTION. WAR IS CADAVERS, AMERICAN DOLLARS, RONALD REAGAN, HELICOPTERS, CRATER-SIZE FISSIONS, DEAD PEOPLE, DEAD PEOPLE, DEAD PEOPLE. REVOLUTION IS MAKESHIFT UNIFORMS, BOMBED BRIDGES, INFIGHTING, MURDERED POETS, SCAPEGOATS, HUNGER, TRIUMPH, POLITICAL SPACE, DEAD BODIES, DEAD BODIES, DEAD BODIES. THE FUTURE SPLITS INTO POSTWAR OR POST-REVOLUTION, DIFFERENT DEAD IN EACH HALF BUT LOST LIVES LINING EACH EDGE ANYWAY.”

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