"SPENDER TURNED AND WENT TO SIT AT THE FIRE, LOOKING INTO IT. CHICKEN POX, GOD, CHICKEN POX, THINK OF IT! A RACE BUILDS ITSELF FOR A MILLION YEARS, REFINES ITSELF, ERECTS CITIES LIKE THOSE OUT THERE, DOES EVERYTHING IT CAN TO GIVE ITSELF RESPECT AND BEAUTY, AND THEN IT DIES. PART OF IT DIES SLOWLY, IN ITS OWN TIME, BEFORE OUR AGE, WITH DIGNITY. BUT ( Read more... )