Because Injustice Is the Match

July 14, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Bastille Day, which is celebrated today, July 14.

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A Bastille Day poem about the cycle of injustice, revolution, dictatorship, and restoration that seems to distinguish every modern revolution:

Because injustice is the match,

And revolution is the fire;

Silence, the enabling wind;

Tyranny, the funeral pyre:

In time it ends in restoration;

Less injustice, just a little;

Life returns, just slightly better;

Each Estate is forced to settle.

Does this small mini-step repay

A generation drowned in blood?

Yet so goes progress through the cycle.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Bastille Day

7/8: Brace Yourself for Love, for It Is Coming

7/9: Beware of Power Absolute, Unshared

7/10: Because the Root of Poverty Is Injustice

7/11: Blessed Are Those Who Compromise Their Visions

7/12: Beyond the Reign of Terror

7/13: Good and Honest People Can Do Evil

7/14: Because Injustice Is the Match