During a phone interview on September 15th, on National Public Radio's program "Weekend Edition: Saturday", E. L. Doctorow made the following comments in regard to the terrorist attacks on September 11:

". . . we don't have the answers yet . . . the story's not finished. If the universe is the possibility being reported, there's no end in sight, yet, for the variable genious of human character, and the full expression of human capacity."

He then went on to say:

"It is inconceivable, in any society where the answer's already given, and the rules of life are inflexible, and where all true authority for all thought and writing is the ruling party, it's inconcievable that free expression and the multiplicity of witness can be anything but an abomination and danger ..."

Those words inspired me to write the following 4-part round (The line breaks show where each new singers enter)

EVERY LIFE

Ev'ry life: a tale to tale -- all those songs to sing! For ev'ry hero yet unsung, we'll help Love and Freedom spread their wings.

(I'll try to have the midi ready by tomorrow...)