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May 2014
Today
Sunday
Slows

Today
Apathy
Grows.

Today
Indolent
Desires

­Today
Scarecrows
Stand

Today
Talents
Wane

Today
Numbness
Reigns­

Today
Sloth
Drove

Today
Just
Froze

Today
Good
Failed

Today
Evil
Grows


All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
© JLB
Dante's Purgatorio he had portrayed the penance for acedia (sloth/listlessness) as running continuously at top speed.
Camellia-Japonica
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Camellia-Japonica  F/Wales
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