RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS
Circles
And so it begins…
The return to the moon
The conquest of space
The division of the world
The invasion of independent states
The rise of dictatorship
The decline of democracy
The reckless exploitation of resources
How soon we forget…
All the lessons once learned
All the promises to posterity
All the speeches and memorials
All the funerals and tears
The book burning and propaganda
The fictionalization of history
The embrace of popular mythology
Was it only a dream?
Gone with the mist of morning?
Vanished with the stars of Hollywood?
A story once told by old men and
Cryptic women about how things were
In a time before time?
Wash, rinse, repeat
All things old are new again
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