White Ants and Caligula

White ants -Caligula may23.2004ed one may 22 2006 ed two

white ants
here we are...

Observe us within these walls
Here the Dionysian and Apollonian emerge...
and these white ants... deliver... the new edict...

here, we collide
outside, they collude
there ... there.... , i believe it is there.... that we hear the yawps... more ...yawps...
here, we have not witnessed
Change... but...

Yawps... yawping...

one Caligula has been replaced by another

Abu Ghraib is the norm for the king ants
and who are the hooded ones... the hooded ones... that race by us... by me...

The white ants hail their leaders
while we crawl and yawp within this putrid...putrid...
Cell
a cell that darkens with each passing day

and we..we ... the red ants are weaving in and out of the odours, blood, feces and decaying flesh.. flesh... yawp... and more yawpings...

Duality... spirit... flesh... duality...
within...
outward...
Mind...
Flesh...
Atwood affirms the duality evident in men and women... the duality of the soul and body

Merleau-Ponty... Marcuse ... offer Western Society its One dimesional Man... Woman... and still here...
Surplus Repression.... Repression... not evident here in Baghdad...
But... all forms of Oppresion...

Silence... but for a brief moment... Silence... only ...ephemeral

The white ants sollicit
Truth... Yes.. Truth is what we desire... proffer us Truth...

We have only flesh to offer... truth... does not exist... it is in constant flux... please sollicit
Sisyphus... Prometheus... truth... is a paradox.... we are walking paradoxes....
Sisphyphus has his -boulder -mountain... Prometheus has his cliff.... alabtross

And
the white ants sollicit facts
i utter only: release me... release me... from this pain
Truth.... truth is only for... the Gods....oh, Zeus... oh ,Zeus... please summon
Apollo and Arachne...

Silence.... One Dimensional Man... Woman... are all present as well here..

The Queen ants retort: This is only the
Genesis ... Genesis... Genesis... of your pain...
And
Abel... will not aid you here..
But Cain will release the melody
for your pain... pain...
pain...
Veritas... Verita...
Veni.. Vedi...Vici.... Allah.... Salaam Maalekum Salaam... Allah... Salaam
No..Kellog...Brown and Root ... manufacture the truth here... Remember KBR...KBR.. KBG

-Release me, please, release me-
There are no visible signs here, except
The hooded ones that continue to file by my Cell
Will i be... will i... will.. i have the...
The will to power.. power... power...

Hope is the only thing that remains
Hope from the torturous king and queen ants

here we collide, here we struggle with our burden
there, we here the yawps that linger into the early dawn

Some red ants slowly return,the yawping has subsided
Silence... Silence...
A cell is now empty...
Empty...

-Oh! welcome....... niccolo... ??
i think... of... machiavelli ??... another red ant yawps..
dov'e il principe?...
Silence...Silence...
The prince visits... Kabul... Falluja... Guantanamo... North Guantanamo....

But...

Hope remains
Hope ...
Waiting... didi..gogo.?...vladimir..estragon....? are you there...??i can't go on....
Cain... meet your postmodern Abel...

hope... in tomorrow...oh, Apollo... Oh... Arachne....