You see the role a lot
in film: the likeable fuckup,
punished by the villain, but
the fuckup keeps grinning,
the villain raises the ante,
the fuckup keeps grinning,
Paul Newman was great
at this. If terrorists are like villains,
may we be like fuckups,
grinning an appreciation
of the mundane and special
rhythms of life, even through
our tears, even through our
desire for revenge, may we
always cherish the very things
a bomb hopes to destroy,
and go on grinning as if
this pain and punishment
bring no more distraction
than the buzzing of a fly. May we be the Paul Newmans
of our lives.
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