“Those who cannot remember
the past are doomed to repeat it.”
George Santayana
We
clearly keep making the same mistakes.
You’d think we’d learn our lesson.
Could it be we’re not paying attention, or
Is it some kind of mem’ry regression.
It could simply be habit, or
Maybe we’re lazy.
Perhaps we should blame the occult.
We just do the same thing again and again
Expecting a different result.
You might think with all of our rational thinking
We’d learn to look back on the past
And learn from the errors of yesterday
And the caution their warnings forecast.
Painted on a larger canvas,
Juxtaposed and brought to scale,
The errors of the past deliver
Advice for these perplexing travails.
Nations turn and history records
The gruesome résumé, and
Hopes become fantasy if we fail to
Learn from yesterday.
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George Santayana
You’d think we’d learn our lesson.
Could it be we’re not paying attention, or
Is it some kind of mem’ry regression.
It could simply be habit, or
Maybe we’re lazy.
Perhaps we should blame the occult.
We just do the same thing again and again
Expecting a different result.
You might think with all of our rational thinking
We’d learn to look back on the past
And learn from the errors of yesterday
And the caution their warnings forecast.
Painted on a larger canvas,
Juxtaposed and brought to scale,
The errors of the past deliver
Advice for these perplexing travails.
Nations turn and history records
The gruesome résumé, and
Hopes become fantasy if we fail to
Learn from yesterday.
Lulu Storefront: http://www.lulu.com/dsmartin
Plays: http://sites.google.com/site/playsbydennissmartin/
Amazon Author's Page: http://www.amazon.com/Dennis-S-Martin/e/B004SXY4LG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1394055582&sr=1-2-ent
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