For a morning thinking about "fire and fury"

Wendell Berry is a better writer than I am.  His Sabbath Poems are invaluable provocations to the modern world and all that we think we know.  As years go by I recognize, more and more, that he is a prophet sent to the world of American hubris and materialism.  And I know that he would hate that label, and chafe against it, but that does not make it less true.  I give you this morning his Questionnaire from his collection called Leavings: 

1, How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade?

• Please name your preferred poisons:

2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do?

• Fill in the following blanks with your favorite evil and acts of hatred.

3. What sacrifices are you prepared to make for culture and civilization?

• Please list the monuments, shrines and works of art you would most willingly destroy.

4. In the name of patriotism and the flag, how much of our beloved land are you willing to desecrate?

• List in the following spaces the mountains, rivers, towns, farms you could most readily do without.

5. State briefly the ideas, ideals or hopes, the energy sources, the kinds of security for which you would kill a child.

• Name, please, the children whom you would be willing to kill.

Feel free to attach extra sheets for your answers.