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Reality is coming. Don't you hear its wings, a-thrumming? When prosperity smiled on the people of the Nile and there was bread and onions no Calvins, Luthers, Bunyans could disrupt the daily toil to sell them snake oil, but the workers in crisis are sure to turn to Isis. totem poles, Superbowls, Beyonce Knowles cellphones ring tones Rosie Jones will-they-fire-us, Trojan virus, Miley Cyrus How long can you keep them walking in their sleep? In the watches of the night, don't you sometimes take fright when you think how it will end, the day they comprehend? Ron Paul, Fawn Hall, Rollerball go-fasters, phony pastors, US Masters shock jocks, Redsox, Amanda Knox During the investors' meeting, don't you hear those wings, a-beating?

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