Emerg Infect DisEmerging Infect. DisEIDEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control and Prevention3366767AD-111010.3201/eid1110.AD1110Another DimensionAnother DimensionThe Worriers' GuildThe Worriers' GuildDeaverPhilip F.Address for correspondence: EID Editor, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop D61, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA; email: eideditor@cdc.gov102005111016241624Keywords: another dimensionpoemworriers’ guildworry

Today there is a meeting of theWorriers' Guild,and I'll be there.The problems of Earth are

to be discussed

at length

end to end

for five days

end to end

with 1100 countries represented

all with an equal voice

some wearing turbans and smocks

and all the men will speak

and the women

with or without notes

in 38 languages

and nine different species of logic.Outside in the autumn

the squirrels will be

chattering and scampering

directionless throughout the town

becausethey aren't organized yet.

Suggested Citation: The Worriers' Guild [another dimension]. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2005, Oct [date cited]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1110.AD1110

From How Men Pray, copyright 2005 by Philip F. Deaver.

Used by permission of Anhinga Press, Tallahassee, FL, USA, and the author.