This is what they tell us. This is what they tell us. This is what they tell us. This is what they tell us. This time it will be different. We have learned from history, they say. We have studied the past, they say. We know how to recognize evil, they say. This time it will be different. But this situation is not the same. We are doing it for the right reasons. We are doing it to prevent war, don’t you see. This time it will be different. They aren’t even human you see. This isn’t ethnic cleansing or genocide. It’s just what’s best for you and me. This time it will be different. We aren’t using the same tools as them. They used Zyklon B; do you see Zyklon B? I told you this time would be different. This time it will be different. Everyone supports us you see. There is no way we are like them. We are better, you see. This time it will be different. If you aren’t doing anything wrong, You should know there is nothing to hide. Your transparency is the key to our destiny. This time it will be different. We do not speak like them you see. Up on a stage for all of you to see. We live in a nation of freedom and democracy. This time it will be different. This you had better believe. Because it is known that the victors, Are the ones who write the HiStory. This time it will be different. This time it will be different. This time it will be different. Because it always is. Don’t you see?
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Thank you for this poem,
The first in 30 years, you said.
Poetry comes when it must.
May this one not be the last.