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Stray Birds (1916)
“A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol”
“Dust, who is not dust? I am dust. But I am your Member of Parliament, nevertheless.”
Bui Arland
Atómstöðin (The Atom Station) (1948)
“Gods of the World! Their mouths are dumb!
Your guns have spoken and they are dust.”
"Written-In-Red" Stanza 2
Context: Gods of the World! Their mouths are dumb!
Your guns have spoken and they are dust.
But the shrouded Living, whose hearts were numb,
have felt the beat of a wakening drum
Within them sounding — the Dead men’s tongue —
Calling: "Smite off the ancient rust!"
Have beheld "Resurrexit," the word of the Dead,
Written-in-red.
“Shoot at us, we will nuke you all and let God sort out your radioactive dust.”
Source: The Ramal Extraction (2012), Chapter 31
“I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.”
Remarks on the war on terror US is 'battling Satan' says general http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3199212.stm (17 October 2003)
When the Lamp is Shattered http://www.readprint.com/work-1382/Percy-Bysshe-Shelley (1822), st. 1
Context: When the lamp is shattered
The light in the dust lies dead —
When the cloud is scattered,
The rainbow's glory is shed.
When the lute is broken,
Sweet tones are remembered not;
When the lips have spoken,
Loved accents are soon forgot.
“Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,
Help us to see
That without the dust the rainbow
Would not be.”
“I desired my dust to be mingled with yours
Forever and forever and forever.”
