Published anonymously in "The Diggers Papers," as presented in the August, 1968 issue of The Realist, edited by Paul Krassner:
"FINAL CITY, TAP CITY: CRACK AT THE BOTTOM OF IT
"Gluttony, greed
lack of compassion have caused America to become the most despised nation on Earth. The sad thing is, my Polish Lady tells me, we were throughout her youth, and still are, or could be, the hope of all.
"We face great holocausts, terrible catastrophes, all American cities burned from within, and without.
"However, our beautiful Planet will germinated—underneath this think skin of City, Green will come on to crack our sidewalks! Stinking air will blow away at last! The bays flow clean!
"And there will be signs. We will know when to slip away and let these murderous fools rip themselves to pieces.
"In the meantime, stay healthy. There are hundreds of miles to walk, and lots of work to be done. Keep your mind. We will need it. Stake out a retreat. Learn berries and nuts and fruit and small animals and all the plants. Learn water.
"For there must be good men and women in the mountains, on the beaches, in all the neglected and beautiful places, so that one day we come back to ghostly cities and try to set them right.
"There must not be a plan. We have always been defeated by our Plan.
"In all that rubble, think of the beautiful trinkets we can wave about our heads as we dance!
"As we do right now. As we do right now."
(via Arthur Magazine - arthurmag.com)
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