{"id":5124,"date":"2004-11-11T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2004-11-11T15:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/11\/11\/the-soliloquy-lengthens\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:15","slug":"the-soliloquy-lengthens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/11\/11\/the-soliloquy-lengthens\/","title":{"rendered":"the soliloquy lengthens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2689'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">November<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">yesterday&#8217;s puddle<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">brittle under my boot<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">Veteran&#8217;s Day<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the soliloquy lengthens<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">the afternoon chill<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/glassdesign.gif\" alt=\"window\" \/>&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/05\/17#a1494\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">Tom Painting<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">, from the haiku chapbook <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/bottlerockets_99\/piano.html\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">piano practice<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">(Bottle Rocket Press, 2004)<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><SPAN><FONT><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">by&nbsp;<STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$379\"><FONT color=\"red\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/A><\/STRONG><FONT color=\"black\">:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT><SPAN><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">handful of pawns<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">protect the king &#8211;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">Veterans Day<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT><FONT>[Nov.11, 2004]<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\"><EM>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">My thanks to all the Veterans of every generation who have fought &#8212; when needed &#8212; to make America and the world more free.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">My apologies to all the soldiers&nbsp;whose job in Fallujah is so much more dangerous because their (our) Commander-in-Chief delayed the battle to assure his election victory. (see <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/mld\/dailynews\/news\/opinion\/10151570.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Fallujin&#8217; around<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.newstarget.com\/002312.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">With the election over, let the Fallujah bloodbath begin!<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">; where&#8217;s the American media hiding?)<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><\/FONT><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/pawn.gif\" alt=\"pawn\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/pawnhoriz.gif\" alt=\"pawn horiz\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November yesterday&#8217;s puddle brittle under my boot &nbsp; &nbsp; Veteran&#8217;s Day the soliloquy lengthens the afternoon chill &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tom Painting, from the haiku chapbook piano practice&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Bottle Rocket Press, 2004) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; by&nbsp;dagosan: handful of pawns protect the king &#8211; Veterans Day &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Nov.11, 2004] &nbsp; one-breath&nbsp;pundit&nbsp;&nbsp; My thanks to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1kE","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13525,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5124\/revisions\/13525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}