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A People's History, these United States—
Already I'm ashamed to be a part
Of Western hemispheric life. The weights
Of every institution's evil heart,
So heavy you would think we'd hardly move.
We should have choked or crashed or paralyzed
Ourselves, or flipped or jumped or drowned or dove
When we had learned and thought and realized
The awful truth of history built on death.
We often query, is it right or wrong?
As if the generations ne'er bequeath
Morality and memory's short not long.
I do not know if I shall finish this.
I know the ending and I hate what is.
Already I'm ashamed to be a part
Of Western hemispheric life. The weights
Of every institution's evil heart,
So heavy you would think we'd hardly move.
We should have choked or crashed or paralyzed
Ourselves, or flipped or jumped or drowned or dove
When we had learned and thought and realized
The awful truth of history built on death.
We often query, is it right or wrong?
As if the generations ne'er bequeath
Morality and memory's short not long.
I do not know if I shall finish this.
I know the ending and I hate what is.
Sonnet
02/02/2011
After reading the first chapter of
A People's History of the United States (P.S.) by Howard Zinn (Paperback - Nov 2, 2010)
Educating oneself isn't always fun.
02/02/2011
After reading the first chapter of
A People's History of the United States (P.S.) by Howard Zinn (Paperback - Nov 2, 2010)
Educating oneself isn't always fun.
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Sobering. Killer final couplet. So to speak.