PEACE FOREST

Johnny Appleseed resurrects!
13yr old Jonathon Lee of Mississippi
is traveling to north Korea
to seek to plant a peace forest in the DMZ
(this area is apart from Israel the most militarized )
Jonathon was born in South Korea -
he flew in to Pyongyang via Beijing Wednesday night
He asks for fruit and chestnut trees to be planted in the DMZ
in a space safe for children to play-
replacing land mines and razor wire
with something approximating White House vegetable gardens
When he succeeds,I have a job for him-
in the Gaza Strip,planting olive trees
instead of concrete walls and surveillance cameras.

PRAISE BE TO BOOKS!
to the physical existence of pages to leaf through
Praise be to bookstores-independent and non-censoring
Praise be to Libraries-may their funding be restored
Praise be to Museums-to show the evolution of text
Praise be to independent schools-Montessori,Steiner etc
who cultivate individuality via content rather than assessment
Praise be to independent thinker s and publishers who enable us!
Praise be to home schooling ,unplugged from centralized curriculum
Praise be to intelligent altruism-that supports,volunteers and funds all these
Praise be to you for reading -and for reading this
Praise be to the existence of language and text
and speech and art and drama and performances
so we might celebrate something other than TVs AMERICAN IDOLS.