Dennis Redmond wrote:
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> Not that I would change a word of what I've written or a single concept
> which I've formulated. On the contrary, it's pushed me to work that much
> harder on my geopolitics/theory/texts, messages in informatic bottles for
> more fortunate galaxies, to paraphrase Heiner Mueller.
I'm not familiar with Mueller, but you have offered a magnificent rewrite of:
The Last Word
Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said! Vain thy onset! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last.
Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still.
They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged -- and sank at last.
Charge once more, then, and be dumb! Let the victors, when they come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall!
(1867)