these days
looking around the globe
one might believe that we are traveling in time
just in the wrong direction
regression as progress
seems to be
the dominant notion of the day
creating wannabes in various disguises
populist czars, sultans, nationalists, dictators,
assorted self-appointed saviors
of their peoples’ wealth and health,
trumpeting fences, walls, tough immigration laws,
etc., etc.
to keep out and silence all those aliens
or invade their countries
and eliminate them
who otherwise are welcome
as our partners in the global trade
that seems to dominate the world of greed
so we can all be ourselves
whatever that might mean
claiming to solve the problems of tomorrow
with memories of yesterday
is not only hopeless but quite dangerous
do you remember
what that glorified past
actually was?
Mar 7, 2022
Mar 7, 2022 at 5:37 AM UTC
these days
looking around the globe
one might believe that we are traveling in time
just in the wrong direction
regression as progress
seems to be
the dominant notion of the day
creating wannabes in various disguises
populist czars, sultans, nationalists, dictators,
assorted self-appointed saviors
of their peoples’ wealth and health,
trumpeting fences, walls, tough immigration laws,
etc., etc.
to keep out and silence all those aliens
or invade their countries
and eliminate them
who otherwise are welcome
as our partners in the global trade
that seems to dominate the world of greed
so we can all be ourselves
whatever that might mean
claiming to solve the problems of tomorrow
with memories of yesterday
is not only hopeless but quite dangerous
do you remember
what that glorified past
actually was?
Apropos the current situation in the Ukraine this 2016 poem is reposted with two additional lines
