Plato Told

By e. e. cummingsplato 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 (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

In cummings commentary on the short-sightedness of selling scrap metal to Japan just prior to WWII, we learn that sometimes we can’t see how we’re killing ourselves until it’s too late…hopefully that won’t be the case on November 2^nd.

-MW