Lawrence Hall, HSG
Our Children Will Ask Us What You Did in 2024
Thus was th’ applause they meant,
Turned to exploding hiss, triumph to shame
Cast on themselves from thir own mouths.
Milton, Paradise Lost,
X.545-547
Have we not learned?
The Zeppelinfield, the
Kroll Opera House
The Great Hall of 10,000
People
The Hippodrome, the Piazza
Venetia
Red Square, and the
Quicken Loans Arena
Weak beings subsumed within
one commanding Will
Adoring with glistening
eyes and beating hearts
A strident oligarchy of
destiny
Chanting obscurities and
pumping fists
But when the chanting
stops and foul diktats roll –
Will you - will I? - be a defiant soul?
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