| It has faced the most incredible challenges and taken | | | | Whilst the world richer societies paranoically invests in |
| on as many faces as there have been power | | | | style and quantity to “better thy neighbor” and |
| seekers in the world, but despite stretched credibility, it | | | | get the apparently necessary attention, they do it with |
| manages to hold world attention with the assurance of | | | | a gesture or a tactful presence nervously controlled by |
| centuries to come. | | | | those who would have them gyrating usefully 25 hours |
| Never mind what it can be but let us delve a little | | | | a day. It takes a strange animal indeed which appears |
| deeper and hazard a guess at the results. It has an | | | | to need this bizarre orchestration but which probably |
| inexplicable place in the hearts of many who would | | | | and essentially, for its own survival , eventually does |
| otherwise find reasons to ignore it. It appears to work | | | | things its own way. More power to their elbow ? |
| and yet it gets blamed for practically anything that | | | | Maybe, but if this convoluted and improbable formula |
| goes wrong despite not having more than the power | | | | had swung along with Einstein´s when he finally got it |
| of influence which in turn can only be utilized with | | | | down, it is doubtful that their´s would have been |
| complete transparency or face the consequences if | | | | seriously received. After all, even with quantum logic, |
| things go wrong as a result. | | | | symmetrical or not, it is not too difficult to work a few |
| Recently, it looked as if its days were over as the | | | | things out if they balance well, but something so |
| world gnashed its teeth in holy fury or underspent | | | | unpredictable and so loosely dependent on public whim |
| frustration which could very easily have found vent on | | | | requires a little more than logic to survive. Some would |
| other more meaningful things. In fact, despite having to | | | | say force of habit, but then there are other habitual |
| bend at best at right angle to understand and accept | | | | things which lead to nowhere |
| the blame, it had little if anything to do with what it was | | | | Some simply mouth and gesticulate as unbelievingly as |
| forced by public uproar to admit association with. If that | | | | at the sudden appearance of the Dodo on the dinner |
| is not enough, perhaps we could stare at this strange | | | | table, but at the end of the day, most are left with a |
| animal in the eyes and try and work out why it just | | | | sneaky feeling that despite change for its own sake, it |
| stands there and be noticed when there are other | | | | has a place somewhere in that security concern which |
| obviously much better things to do - especially when | | | | outweighs the effort to subject it to test. |
| we insist it should do little else. More´s the pity, but | | | | If this were not bad enough for some unromantic |
| little else it is and little else we expect and criticize it to | | | | dissidents, the loftiness demanded surprisingly |
| do. | | | | diminishes with general contemporary comfort as also |
| It has its own views about where it comes from and | | | | with fear. Despite appearing at times to be no better |
| its power of elevation stems from what people do not | | | | than the most common example of daily household |
| know about its right to take on the stand. It gives a | | | | warfare, it secures it strength in the happy association |
| toss about democracy but ensures that it is always | | | | with those who can identify. And yet, it would not |
| available. It can send ambitious manipulators into | | | | survive if it held the holy ground too securely, too |
| shrouded obscurity or raise the flavour of a favoured | | | | neatly, too exemplararily. It could be a punch bag or a |
| few who would otherwise have stood little chance at | | | | pair of wings, but lamentably it is in fact like the other |
| their moment of doubt. It has not always been the | | | | side of the mirror and where it would be it is not and |
| case and perhaps the modern effort in this respect. is | | | | where it is, it stands only to be seen and unfortunately |
| a better way of doing things. Or is it? | | | | never to be heard. |