<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[shattersnipe: malcontent &amp; rainbows]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[fozmeadows]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://fozmeadows.wordpress.com/author/fozmeadows/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[News Of Humanity]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The following poem comes courtesy of e. e. cummings:</p>
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<p><em>&#8220;Humanity i love you </em></p>
<p><em>because you would rather black the boots of</em></p>
<p><em>success than enquire whose soul dangles from his</em></p>
<p><em>watch-chain which would be embarrassing for both</em></p>
<p><em><br />
 <br />
parties and because you</em></p>
<p><em>unflinchingly applaud all</em></p>
<p><em>songs containing the words country home and</em></p>
<p><em>mother when sung at the old howard<br />
 </em></p>
<p><em>Humanity i love you because</em></p>
<p><em>when you&#8217;re hard up you pawn your</em></p>
<p><em>intelligence to buy a drink and when</em></p>
<p><em>you&#8217;re flush pride keeps</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>you from the pawn shop and</em></p>
<p><em>because you are continually committing</em></p>
<p><em>nuisances but more</em></p>
<p><em>especially in your own house</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Humanity i love you because you</em></p>
<p><em>are perpetually putting the secret of</em></p>
<p><em>life in your pants and forgetting</em></p>
<p><em>it&#8217;s there and sitting down</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>on it</em></p>
<p><em>and because you are</em></p>
<p><em>forever making poems in the lap</em></p>
<p><em>of death Humanity</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p><em>i hate you&#8221;</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>The following  headlines come from a glance at today&#8217;s <a href="www.time.com">Time</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1899058,00.html">Why Rookie Lawyers Get $60,000 Paid Vacations</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1899340,00.html">Russia to Gays: Get Back into the Closet</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1832445,00.html?imw=Y">Spray-On Condoms: Still A Hard Sell</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1899107,00.html">Holy Union: A Polish Monk&#8217;s Divine-Sex Guide</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952208-1,00.html">Zombies: Do They Exist?</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Conclusion: My species is doomed. Weird, predictable, sad and doomed. And frequently absurd.</p>
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