Was he not stirred by a martyrdom of biblical proportions?
How do I teach you to value human life? My investigation suggests
That ‘whether you turn to left or right your ears really hear
These words behind you, “This is the way, follow it”. You will regard
Your silvered idols as unclean.’ All the same, hasta la vista, baby!
(The next poem in the book, The Plain Truth, continues to compare outwardly and inwardly valid norms.)