|
. . .
A most powerful poem on this set is "Unearned Suffering," a spoken word duet with Susan Cowsill. It's a chilling, stark paean to those "born with anvils on their souls," the collaterally damaged of child labor, dangerous work, and those who make "the calm life glow for a few." The piece ends with a comparison of Hurricane Katrina to "unearned suffering worthy of the days of Poseidon." He then invokes the spirits of composer Charles Ives and poet Wallace Stevens, both of whom had been in the insurance racket (who knew?), and begs them to use their heavenly power to intercede on behalf of the storm's swindled victims.
. . .
|
