"Storm"

There was a very heavy rain this Sunday morning. 

I was still up so went out to walk in it.

I love walking in the rain. This just after dawn.

The streets empty no sound just the patter of rain.

The world still slept.

The Sun came back in the afternoon. So bright so hot.

Days go by.

What is history?

Laurie Anderson answered this many years ago.

Lyrics for some of the video below.

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"History is an Angel being blown backwards into the future"

History is a pile of debris.

And the Angel wants to go back, and fix things

To repair the things that have been broken

But there is a storm blowing from Paradise

And the storm keeps blowing the Angel backwards into the future.

"And this storm this storm is called Progress."