{"sf1_id":1791885,"sf2_id":"Vm2Pdr1x","title":"History Repeats Because Those Who Write It Write Repetition","author":"Rob MacWolf","words":111,"posted_at":"2021-12-03T06:48:00.000Z","tags":["Poetry","free verse"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1791885-history-repeats-because-those-who-write-it-write-repetition","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Vm2Pdr1x","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/d0/61/d061c993-b126-4160-ad72-764a6bcd82aa","description":"#47 of poetry\n\nI no longer have it in me to be angry or surprised at the bigots trying to crush basic human decency.\nI find myself angrier than ever at the decent reasonable people deliberately ignoring the bigots trying to crush basic human decency, who could easily stop them, and do nothing.","content":"First they came for the socialists, and I spoke out--\n\nBecause I had read That Poem.\n\nLoved its pathos,  \nIts tragedy,  \nAnd its warning.  \n  \nThey came for natives, black people, immigrants, refugees--   \nAnd I spoke out.  \n  \nThey came for the poor and the homeless--\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd I spoke out.\n\n  \n\nThey came for trans people--\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd as I was speaking out,\n\nI realized\n\n  \n\nThey weren't listening\n\nBecause they had read That Poem too.\n\nLoved its pathos,  \nIt's tragedy,\n\nAnd wanted to write its like themselves\n\nAbout me.\n\n  \n\nAnd now they are waiting for them to come for me--\u0026nbsp;\n\nAfter which they will say:\n\nWhat tragedy,\n\nWhat pathos,\n\nThat I did not speak out.\n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1779203-account-of-presumed-ecstatic-experience-during-initiation-rite-in-unidentified-mystery-religion.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1811792-shen-s-song.json"}}