There are times when you have to choose between being a human and having good taste.
- Bertolt Brecht
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It's the Sunday after the midterm elections in the United States. The American people have had enough of the Iraq War. Finally. So here are two poems, the first from Stephen Crane (1871-1900); the second, from Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956):
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So, I was taking a trip down memory lane (via a data backup CD created 8 years ago) and found this poem saved up for later reading. Not sure why I had this particular one saved. Anyho, here it is.
My young son asks me
Bertolt Brecht