One Zero Zero     A Virtual Library of English Canadian Small Press 1945 - 2044 Timeline     Books     Authors     Presses     Resources     Search      home THE RED HEART THE MAN WHOSE PATH WAS ON FIRE James Reaney back  next OVERPOPULATION I am suspicious of beasts .... who won't stand up to be counted .... or shot. Here's another buck .... has killed a woman. I begin to suspect .... human motives. To be counted .... courageous. God, what a dumb thing. Count .... one more dead. The slaughter .... begins to equal the rate of birth. So many .... breathing bodies. All gotta go sometime. None .... stick around (deer escaping into the thicket. Numerous .... escapes. Exact statistics .... evade me. Each some kind of plague. Fatal .... relationships.