Division returns
us to ourselves.
One cannot praise
oppression, but it
at least makes us
take a stand and say
“this is who we are
and as we are this
let us celebrate and mourn
what we alone understand:
that there is a tree
in a cleft
in stone
in a desert
and while the tree
would have been stronger
had it sprouted
elsewhere with more soil
and water, it still
stands and everyone
wants to touch the tree.”
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Dark Matter 
June 20th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
This is wonderful, Tony. I saw a joshua tree toward the end.
+1
June 17th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
This is wonderful, Tony. I saw a joshua tree toward the end.
Quite the statement.
Pearl
June 18th, 2010 at 5:08 am
It was the Joshua tree in my head, as well.