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And so the division has been h Daniel cannot see the drummer Slow, rhythmic, brutal

"Let the banquet begin "

But the ghastly cry comes, just as Daniel kneould Stop the soldiers But he can't All this has happened somewhere, of that he is now certain It is no dream, it is a vision And he is not there The soldiers storers scatter, the twins set down the plates and fling the feast But this is madness

The soldiers tear them loose so effortlessly, and as the slab is lifted, the body falls, breaking into pieces, and the heart and the brain are thron into the dust The twins scream and scream

But the villagers are screa the litter the mountain paths The eyes of the mother have fallen fro with the heart and brain, are trampled underfoot

One of the twins, her areance And they coh

If only it were over But Daniel can't wake up

Stillness The air is full of s stands where these people have lived for centuries The mud bricks are scattered, clay pots are broken, all that will burn has burned Infants with their throats slit lie naked on the ground as the flies come No one will roast these bodies, no one will consume this flesh It will pass out of the human race, with all its power and itsAnd the soldiers have gone Where are the twins! He hears the twins crying, but he cannot find the over the narrow road that twists down through the valley towards the desert The spirits make the thunder The spirits make the rain

His eyes opened Chicago, Michigan Avenue at ht turned off He sat there shivering, sweating

A radio had been playing near hi mournful voice of Those Who Must Be Kept

Mother and Father

Keep your silence,

Keep your secrets,

But those of you with tongues,

sing