Conversation, with feathers

It's a hick country we live in.

I don't disagree.

That gay rights or abortion or torture or health care are still 'issues' is beyond belief.

Now, now, no need to get red in the face.

But I care deeply.

What was Yeats's line? 'All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.'

Ah Yeats! They don't make poets like him anymore! 'The best lack all conviction, while the worst/Are full of passionate intensity.'

They say poetry makes nothing happen.

Exactly.