Of Mitch I wrote it,
even before anyone heard
the voice he
brought to song.
But Chuck has found in it
a message for all who resist war,
disdain to kill,
try to equate
'human' with 'humane.'
(And
if his
intransigence
brings us another despair
and we
call
it 'another form of aggression,'
don't we confess-
wishing he had a sense of humor–
our own extremity?)
'Living a life' the poem begins.
'- the beauty of deep lines
dug in your cheeks'
and ends,
'you pick out
your own song from the uproar,
line by line,
and at last throw back
your head and sing it.'
Next on the mimeograph follows:
'THERE IS ONLY AS MUCH PEACE AS THERE ARE PEACEFUL PEOPLE'
-A.
J.
Muste
Then Chuck has written:
This
is
your only life -live it well!
No one man can bring about a social change-
but each man's life is a whole and necessary part of his society,
a necessary step
in
any change,
and a powerful example of the possibility of his way of life for
others.
