I believe in silence,
In the silence of truth in the train,
In listening to the problems of others,
The diurnal pettiness;
I believe we live in a post-democratic era,
That the ways of the soul
Are beyond politics;
I believe in multiculturalism, multilinguism,
In the ghettos skirting the city,
chaud, chaud, chaud.
I believe in blessed perspective,
In transcending the human condition
Aggravated by capitalism
And talk of "personal responsibility"
As if we had any control at all.