Jason Horsler Poet Rhyme

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It is not about me. They say those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it, but I contend that you can never study it enough to be sure you aren't repeating it.

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HUMAN HISTORY

When I examine the episodes
   beyond my routine day -
those testing times that make a man
   and scattered along the way -
my life - like a coastal track
   with many flats and steeps,
the turning points and braided paths,
   the cliff edge and the deeps -
I find my memory exaggerates,
   simplifies and scaffolds truth
to make big driving reasons
   for the disasters of my youth.
It is only with some effort
   and an honest brutal survey
that I can see a tenth of all
   the things that made my way.
So I have to face the tragic fact
   as I tumble down this slope:
there’s a lot more to my current fall
   than a simple lack of rope.

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