When the human race
enters a New New World
what will that mean
we've left behind?
According to a Passover Haggadah
written 40 years ago
it might be
"the making of war
the teaching of hate and violence
despoliation of the earth
perversion of justice
and of government"
(though it provides this poet
with very much material)
"fomenting of vice and crime
neglect of human needs
oppression of nations and peoples
corruption of culture
subjugation of science
learning and human discourse"
and "the erosion of freedoms".
Some things never change
but repeating that line
won't change them either.
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
