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September 1, 1939 Comments

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I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire
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David Zvekic 04 October 2005

This poem is long but contains a few absolute gems, you need to read to find them: 'I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. ' 'There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die. '

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Wystan Hugh Auden

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