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