Reid Baer FORETELLS the FUTURE from HISTORYbr -br History, Jim, is a mess over and br over you see many crows fly farbr over and land here on the same piece of soil br heaped like history, Jim, history: an br br obsessive compulsive disorder it br seems to me I’ve heard that song before, or br at least the melody line it’s mine and br yours too don’t laugh, Jim, it’ll kill you like br br a poison pill, maybe not today frombr your clean bathroom medicine cabinet in br your comfortable home but some otherbr harsher step out of your tired covered br br wagon onto the hard dirt to consider br a stable frontier structure dug out of br a mammoth earth mound after so many br miles and hurt cause a bit of distractionbr br on occasion vile and repulsive br to the soul you know too much folly makesbr a modern man cynical, Jim, and br repetition of evil inures thebr br endless master and slave slave and masterbr master and slave relationship wouldn’t youbr want to end the interminable br mistakes of history and finally getbr br your white fingers dirty toughen your softbr hands and dig yourself a practical mudbr hut to climb in and live permanentlybr underneath the wretched recurrence ofbr br your history and roll a snug round stone br over the open mouth and scribble br prophecy on the ground until your welcomebr death and the good Lord’s resurrection day?br br -