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Living History (a sequal, perhaps, to JFK/SIR...)
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Living History (a sequal, perhaps, to JFK/SIR...) |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Living History Echo, echo, echo history prone to repeat itself– criminal returns to scene of crime– humanity errs its human tears, fears– you are what you eat, regurgitating what you swallow, while you wallow in the bed you’ve made, or been bade having not refused, having bemused you had no say anyway– giving way to the waves at hand– lurching with the rise and fall of swells that crawl about the world and one day ending up beaching you upon the sand as urchins, waifs belched up by Neptune’s indigestion, congestion, infestation I’ve decided, “History in books is easier to bear than that which grows before my eyes, oblivious to my cries and sighs and shouted WHYS!” ©November 22, 2004 Whether on the shoal or on the shore, I'll seek the lighthouse evermore. |
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bbent Senior Member
since 2001-01-07
Posts 521Alaska |
Powerful write...amazes me how few are willing to learn from the past. Live like it's your last day... |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Yes, how long will it take for the awakening, to escape this senseless repetition of history ... of bloodshedding? Thank you for this impressive write. Love, Margherita |
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