Foiled again!

So I finally get around to starting this thing up, and then my internet goes kaput. Wouldn't you know it!?
And there was a mini-coup from the pages of The Asparagus Revival that I was working on last weekend. Turns out that a major plot change is in order and now I have to re-think all sorts of tid-bits. Didn't see that one coming!
And I just finished re-reading Atlas Shrugged for the 4th or 5th time. Every time I read that massive piece of work I find it amazing how much of real life jumps right out of the pages. The proposed GM bailout is right off of page 911 (ironic) in the hardback edition. I hope to be able to write like Rand, with such influence and pull on my readers, but a lot fewer 'as if' comparisons and over-descriptive eyes.
Here's a poem written after the first time I read Shrugged.

The Hero
By Kelly Hayes


When the last light falls
and falls to dark,
that’s when we will begin
we the few who love our lives
will fight and we will win.

A single man faced the wall,
more gathered close behind.
They were here to take his life,
or rather, take his mind.

“You know the truth” a short man said,
“you know we want what’s best,
we need your mind to make it work –
and then we’ll let you rest.”

The single man said nothing
but “this life and mind are mine.”
The men shouted “It’s your duty!
you can’t just leave us all behind!”

The man with the mind gave them a smile,
then turned and looked away.
The men began to scream and shout
“don’t you care what the people say?

“We told them we would save them,
we told them we had you,
and you would bring us all to safety,
there is no more we can do!”

“You have to!” they all chanted,
“think of your fellow man!
Just sacrifice your mind to us
and we can finish our plan.”

The man with the mind just smiled,
and induced a state of fear
among the men who shivered,
and cried when made to hear:

“When the last light falls
and falls to dark,
that’s when we will begin,
we the few who love our lives
will fight and we will win.”