To Those Born After Comments
To the cities I came in a time of disorder
That was ruled by hunger.
I sheltered with the people in a time of uproar
And then I joined in their rebellion.
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ONE: To Those Born After' takes its inspiration from a poem by the same title by the German writer Bertolt Brecht. Brecht wrote his poem in the late 1930s,
The first verse is missing from this poem. It begins: 1 Truly, I live in dark times! A trusting world is folly. A smooth brow A sign of insensitivity. The man who laughs Has simply not heard The terrifying news full text won't fit into comment box
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TWO: a period he referred to repeatedly as 'the dark times.' From the perspective of this time of desperation and despair Brecht imagined in his poem a different future, a time when 'man would be a helper to man' and therewith he imagined a future public -- and purpose -- for his writings.