The Spirit of the Laws
- The Spirit of the Laws
We admire the courage of the people of Xwho stood up for their rights & were crushed;we admire the boldness of the people of Ywho challenged the government, & were crushed;we admire the dedication of the people of Zwhose protests on behalf of decent wagescaused them to be crushed.The priceless figurines of X Y & Z stare intothe future through the glass door. [End Page 250]
Joseph Harrington is the author of Things Come On (an amneoir) (Wesleyan University Press, 2011), a mixed-genre work relating the twinned narratives of the Watergate scandal and his mother’s cancer; it was a Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection. He is the author of the chapbooks Earth Day Suite (Beard of Bees, 2010) and Of Some Sky (Bedouin, forthcoming), as well as the critical work Poetry and the Public (Wesleyan University Press, 2002). His creative work has appeared or is forthcoming in Bombay Gin, Hotel Amerika, Colorado Review, 1913: a journal of forms, and Fact-Simile, among others. Harrington is the recipient of a Millay Colony residency and a Fulbright Chair.
