Round up all the men because women have the right to walk freely without fear of rape. Round up all the Muslims because Hindus have the right to walk freely without fear of terrorism. Round up all the politicians because voters have the right to walk freely without fear of nonsense. Round up all the mosquitoes because people have the right to walk freely without fear of malaria. Round up all the religion-men because atheists have the right to walk freely without fear of preaching. Round up all the clouds because I have the right to walk freely without fear of getting wet. Round up all the men because women have the right to walk freely without fear of rape. Round up all the pedestrians because drivers have the right to drive freely without fear of jaywalking. Round up all the Bosnians because Serbs have the right to walk freely without fear of ... whatever Bosnians do. Round up all the Serbs because Bosnians have the right to walk freely without fear of ... whatever Serbs do. Round up ...
The message is supreme;
Born in the heart,
and lilting itself
from tongue to tongue,
throwing its scent
over wind and wave;
travelling on dots
or fingers
when blindness
or silence bar its way.
It hews itself into stone
or burns itself onto magnetic discs;
it is the message that lives
and I exist
solely to pass it on.