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Monday, November 23, 2009
Kyi May Kaung's comment left on Irrawaddy site --
Snake's head -- sculpture by Alexander Calder, National Gallery DC -- photo Kyi May Kaung
In response to Dr. Zarni's Beware the Generals' Election --
From William Butler Yeats --
The Circus Animals' Desertion
Now that my ladder's gone,
I must lie down where all the ladders start
In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart.
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We have to get back to human rights. The abuses multiply and escalate. A rigged "election" won't change anything.
Kyi May Kaung (Ph.D.)
This reviewer in Slate likes latest Murakami novel--the walled city--the walled garden.
https://slate.com/culture/2024/11/haruki-murakami-book-city-uncertain-walls-severance-review.html
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