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Wrong
by George Hoerner
we shall pass
wife, daughters, son
and i
these ages shall pass
and be looked upon
as mankind’s sad time
worse than the crusades
even worse than slavery
we knew very little then
now 20th and 21st centuries
we know it all now
our arrogance let us down
we thought we knew it all
could control it all
we were wrong
WWII, Auschwitz, The Bomb,
The Third World, Aids,
all we do is react
06/13/2010
Posted on 06/17/2010
Copyright © 2026 George Hoerner
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 06/17/10 at 04:06 PM ...life in the 50s was a magazine, now our Vonnegutian big brain's got us firmly in tow. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 07/04/10 at 02:43 PM Interesting perspective, that hits uncomfortably close to home. It could easily be applied to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico also. Thanks for sharing this George. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 03/13/11 at 12:35 AM I keep hoping we will learn something and take heed and move in a different direction. |
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