I too feel the whiplash of Chronian Pan!
The sharp staccato beats

of horn’ed head
and clove’ed feet

Lifting my pulse

Away

From reason’s too sharp seat

~

by Ranjit Singh Mathoda
created and copyright July 3, 2001

Pan

You can find more of my stories and poems at http://mathoda.com/stories.

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If you feel instinctively that humanity has been getting more violent all the time, and you feel acutely that modern society is a horror as a result, you should watch Steven Pinker’s presentation at TED, where he provides evidence that human progress has led to diminishing violence over time.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/163

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