'We Are Not Living For Ourselves Anymore . . . Now We Are Living For History'

BILL CLARK / CQ-ROLL CALL

Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame. 

FROM W.H. AUDEN’S “SEPTEMBER 1, 1939” / HEADLINE QUOTE BY NEIL GABLER