November 28, 2008

BLOWIN' IN THE WIND

It has been impossible to watch television in the last two days and not wonder what is real and what virtual. For it is playing out like a video game in Mumbai, even as we try and fail to really comprehend the enormity of it all.

Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesen't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

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