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This

you

may

say

and

know

it

and

know

it

.

This

you

may

know

when

the

bombs

plummet

out

of

the

black

planes

on

the

market

place

,

when

prisoners

are

stuck

like

pigs

,

when

the

crushed

bodies

drain

filthily

in

the

dust

.

You

may

know

it

in

this

way

.

If

the

step

were

not

being

taken

,

if

the

stumbling

-

forward

ache

were

not

alive

,

the

bombs

would

not

fall

,

the

throats

would

not

be

cut

.

Fear

the

time

when

the

bombs

stop

falling

while

the

bombers

live

—

for

every

bomb

is

proof

that

the

spirit

has

not

died

.

And

fear

the

time

when

the

strikes

stop

while

the

great

owners

live

—

for

every

little

beaten

strike

is

proof

that

the

step

is

being

taken

.

And

this

you

can

know

—

fear

the

time

when

Manself

will

not

suffer

and

die

for

a

concept

,

for

this

one

quality

is

the

foundation

of

Manself

,

and

this

one

quality

is

man

,

distinctive

in

the

universe

.

The

western

states

nervous

under

the

beginning

change

.

Texas

and

Oklahoma

,

Kansas

and

Arkansas

,

New

Mexico

,

Arizona

,

California

.

A

single

family

moved

from

the

land

.

Pa

borrowed

money

from

the

bank

,

and

now

the

bank

wants

the

land

.

The

land

company

—

that

’

s

the

bank

when

it

has

land

—

wants

tractors

,

not

families

on

the

land

.

Is

a

tractor

bad

?

Is

the

power

that

turns

the

long

furrows

wrong

?

If

this

tractor

were

ours

it

would

be

good

—

not

mine

,

but

ours

.

If

our

tractor

turned

the

long

furrows

of

our

land

,

it

would

be

good

.

Not

my

land

,

but

ours

.

We

could

love

that

tractor

then

as

we

have

loved

this

land

when

it

was

ours

.

But

this

tractor

does

two

things

—

it

turns

the

land

and

turns

us

off

the

land

.

There

is

little

difference

between

this

tractor

and

a

tank

.

The

people

are

driven

,

intimidated

,

hurt

by

both

.

We

must

think

about

this

.

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One

man

,

one

family

driven

from

the

land

;

this

rusty

car

creaking

along

the

highway

to

the

west

.

I

lost

my

land

,

a

single

tractor

took

my

land

.

I

am

alone

and

I

am

bewildered

.

And

in

the

night

one

family

camps

in

a

ditch

and

another

family

pulls

in

and

the

tents

come

out

.

The

two

men

squat

on

their

hams

and

the

women

and

children

listen

.

Here

is

the

node

,

you

who

hate

change

and

fear

revolution

.

Keep

these

two

squatting

men

apart

;

make

them

hate

,

fear

,

suspect

each

other

.

Here

is

the

anlage

of

the

thing

you

fear

.

This

is

the

zygote

.

For

here

"

I

lost

my

land

"

is

changed

;

a

cell

is

split

and

from

its

splitting

grows

the

thing

you

hate

—

"

We

lost

our

land

.

"

The

danger

is

here

,

for

two

men

are

not

as

lonely

and

perplexed

as

one

.

And

from

this

first

"

we

"

there

grows

a

still

more

dangerous

thing

:

"

I

have

a

little

food

"

plus

"

I

have

none

.

"

If

from

this

problem

the

sum

is

"

We

have

a

little

food

,

"

the

thing

is

on

its

way

,

the

movement

has

direction

.

Only

a

little

multiplication

now

,

and

this

land

,

this

tractor

are

ours

.

The

two

men

squatting

in

a

ditch

,

the

little

fire

,

the

side

-

meat

stewing

in

a

single

pot

,

the

silent

,

stone

-

eyed

women

;

behind

,

the

children

listening

with

their

souls

to

words

their

minds

do

not

understand

.

The

night

draws

down

.

The

baby

has

a

cold

.

Here

,

take

this

blanket

.

It

’

s

wool

.

It

was

my

mother

’

s

blanket

—

take

it

for

the

baby

.

This

is

the

thing

to

bomb

This

is

the

beginning

—

from

"

I

"

to

"

we

.

"

If

you

who

own

the

things

people

must

have

could

understand

this

,

you

might

preserve

yourself

.

If

you

could

separate

causes

from

results

,

if

you

could

know

that

Paine

,

Marx

,

Jefferson

,

Lenin

,

were

results

,

not

causes

,

you

might

survive

.

But

that

you

cannot

know

.

For

the

quality

of

owning

freezes

you

forever

into

"

I

,

"

and

cuts

you

off

forever

from

the

"

we

.

"

The

Western

States

are

nervous

under

the

beginning

change

.

Need

is

the

stimulus

to

concept

,

concept

to

action

.

A

half

-

million

people

moving

over

the

country

;

a

million

more

,

restive

to

move

;

ten

million

more

feeling

the

first

nervousness

.

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And

tractors

turning

the

multiple

furrows

in

the

vacant

land

.

Along

66

the

hamburger

stands

—

Al

&

Susy

’

s

Place

—

Carl

’

s

LunchJoe

&

Minnie

—

Will

’

s

Eats

.

Board

-

and

-

bat

shacks

.

Two

gasoline

pumps

in

front

,

a

screen

door

,

a

long

bar

,

stools

,

and

a

foot

rail

.

Near

the

door

three

slot

machines

,

showing

through

glass

the

wealth

in

nickels

three

bars

will

bring

.

And

beside

them

,

the

nickel

phonograph

with

records

piled

up

like

pies

,

ready

to

swing

out

to

the

turntable

and

play

dance

music

,

"

Ti

-

pi

-

ti

-

pi

-

tin

,

"

"

Thanks

for

the

Memory

,

"

Bing

Crosby

,

Benny

Goodman

.

At

one

end

of

the

counter

a

covered

case

;

candy

cough

drops

,

caffeine

sulphate

called

Sleepless

,

No

-

Doze

;

candy

,

cigarettes

,

razor

blades

,

aspirin

,

Bromo

-

Seltzer

,

Alka

-

Seltzer

.

The

walls

decorated

with

posters

,

bathing

girls

,

blondes

with

big

breasts

and

slender

hips

and

waxen

faces

,

in

white

bathing

suits

,

and

holding

a

bottle

of

Coca

-

Cola

and

smiling

—

see

what

you

get

with

a

Coca

-

Cola

.

Long

bar

,

and

salts

,

peppers

,

mustard

pots

,

and

paper

napkins

.

Beer

taps

behind

the

counter

,

and

in

back

the

coffee

urns

,

shiny

and

steaming

with

glass

gauges

showing

the

coffee

level

.

And

pies

in

wire

cages

and

oranges

in

pyramids

of

four

.

And

little

piles

of

Post

Toasties

,

corn

flakes

,

stacked

up

in

designs

.

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