Sunday, December 03, 2006

"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent." --George Orwell, "Reflections on Gandhi"
The Ogre does what ogres can,
Deeds quite impossible for Man,
But one prize is beyond his reach:
The Ogre cannot master speech.

About a subjugated plain,
Among it's desperate and slain,
The Ogre stalks with hands on hips,
While drivel gushes from his lips.

-- W. H. Auden, "August 1968"