Monumental History
Does history
matter?
If not, erase it.
Does history
flatter?
If not, make fit.
Both choices are
false,
For history takes
its course
In an inexorable
waltz,
A dance then in force.
Many hate the past.
It, on occasion,
requires attention.
Others asked
Why provoke with hostile
dissention?
Is there anything
civil
About destroying a
monument?
Hatred discourse
is drivel
Lacking nuance,
eloquence.
If physical
destruction becomes the new norm
For banning history,
Stampeding fools will
swarm
Ignorantly. An intellectual
sophistry.
Such a new norm would
thus require
That any form of history
be purged
Even by fire,
And our past will be submerged.
Right,
indifferent, or wrong,
Guidance is
grounded in history,
Otherwise, haters
of the past will prolong
Understanding life’s
mystery.
August 14, 2017
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