if and when you live enough
you meet those who have never lived
like old factories and leftover downtowns
you hear old language that is spoken only in old
oldest books rich with prejudices
you see/hear humans
that you thought
an Enlightenment had "educated"
and if nothing else,
the Second World War
had managed "to improve"
love somewhat
but nothing and nil of that-
history's time has now stopped
reversal and reaction are upon humanity
all what is "modern" sinks and sinks
deeper and deeper
into a sort of "new improved" morass,
a nondescript abyss