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Poetry

ShazzieB

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2. This poem was written in 1935, according to Wikipedia.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu Feb 3, 2022, 01:21 AM

Feb 2022

Written in 1935, first published in 1936.1935 was 87 years ago, 13 years shy of a century, and yet so much of it reads like it could have been written yesterday. That makes me sad, and it also makes me mad as hell.

We could do SO damned much better. We SHOULD do so much better.

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