Will We Ever Learn

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2002 Poetry

We always make

the same mistakes

in this world so old.

My heart just aches.



We never learn

or remember the past,

of lessons learned,

in this world so vast.



We'll do it again,

screwing up as we go,

not remembering things

that we should know.



The errors of the past

should be etched forever,

but we really think

we're much more clever.



So we don't look back,

screwing up again,

because we couldn't

or wouldn't remember when.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

How come the people on this planet, that are in positions of power, keep making the same mistakes. They never learn from history and the people who have come before them.  This is in both world politics and the business world.

Go figure!

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