Haven't we been here before
As History sits by slack-jawed
Wondering why we haven't learned
Seemingly unconcerned

How many times must it repeat itself
Before we move on to something else
Before we open up our eyes
To see it didn't work the first time

Nor the second nor the third
When to us will it occur
That we should take a different path
One much different from the last

Where the record set of History
Won't skip a beat and then repeat
Again to stand and look slack-jawed
Wondering where it all went wrong