by Sufjan Stevens » 9/25/2003, 5:13 pm
The US is not the reason the Germans, Japanese, and Italians didn't take over the world. The US played a minimal role in WWII. They joined at the very end, and now all of our American textbooks give America credit for winning the war.
I faced death. I went in with my arms swinging. But I heard my own breath and had to face that I'm still living. I'm still flesh. I hold on to awful feelings. I'm not dead... My chest still draws breath. I hold it. I'm buoyant. There's no end.