New York, You Forgot

Sometimes a poem only needs its title.
Sometimes though it’s clear
The lessons of history
Were never learned
In the first place.

(9/11/26)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Wolf Avatar
September 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Absolutely!! Westerners seem incapable of learning that evil exists in the word in order to be eradicated.
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September 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"White Guilt" is definitely real. We in the West live in a world of super abundance, while it's obvious everyone else (to the extent they haven't also embraced this Western culture) doesn't. Because it's our birthright (in the West), but not universally, we feel we don't deserve it, or can just generously share it without appreciating its foundation is based on Western values (trust, enterprise, innovation - ie Capitalism), values which are also not universal...
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