Another Perspective
Revenge of the Electric Pole
Maryland’s Pepco is forcing darkened customers to jump from the tallest downed tree.
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Convict Us
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em>Out of the night that covers me,
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Black as a Public Utility’s soul,
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I curse whatever gods may be
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For telling Edison to use a pole.
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em>”String ‘em high,” these furies said.
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“Put your wires as high as trees.
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To bury them would wake the dead.
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High wires, Tom, are sure to please.”
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