![]() Craig Kurtz has vexed aesthetic circles since the 1981 release of The Philosophic Collage. Recent work appears in Dalhousie Review, The Madras Mag Anthology of Contemporary Writing, Sentinel Literary Quarterly, Sheepshead Review, and Tower Poetry; many others would just as soon string him up. He resides at Twin Oaks Intentional Community. The Levellers’ Song We are the Levellers and we have all the answers; we’re going to liberate people by making them all miserable; we’re going to ban all sport and drink and tell you what to read and think; all city life is decadent so we’ll make it non-existent; we disapprove of theaters, the beau monde and entrepreneurs; the mere sight of the town’s smart set gets us lusting for a gibbet; we plan to plan human affairs and kick all dissent down the stairs. We are the Levellers and we’ll cure mankind’s errors; we’ll have nothing but farming toil and eat raw food drenched in top soil; because we’ll ban snuff and small beers we’ll have good health to work more years; we found the cure for poverty is making you as poor as we; we’ll have a state of martial law to quash all things we call bourgeois; we all agree with our leader says me, his top bottom feeder; and never once will we complain because the ‘we’ is inhumane. Honor Among Thieves A DROLL FROM THE ALCHEMIST DOLL: We’re in this all together ‘tho we can’t stand one another; the pelf is equal, it’s three cuts, so what we hate each other’s guts; our reputation’s on the line, so unionize, or else be swine; who cares what some novice believes, team effort makes us better thieves. FACE: Cooperation’s our by-word, we keeps our flimflams in accord; fraternity preserves the peace as we assess fresh gulls to fleece; we run our gambits by the books and that’s why we’re such classy crooks; it’s true we don’t much get along, but our cartel’s three times as strong. SUBTLE: We’re scrupulous with our ethics, we’re principled in turning tricks; we countenance by-laws and rules for quality-controlling fools; we certify gyps in escrow with the better business bureau; it’s all for one and one for us with cheats three times as infamous. DOLL: We’re not here for a social call, I’d just as soon poison you all; but I respect contract and clause, even skullduggery has laws; we’ve all got swindles up our sleeves, yet abide honor among thieves; although we make each other retch, tripartite better conies catch.
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