what’s done is done
you cannot change the past
it’s been laid to rest,
history is the cemetery
cast and chronicled in many forms
whatever your opinion
however outraged you feel
it’s buried, let it lie,
you might burn books
fell statues, redact names
your cauldron of indignation
haphazardly spilling over
for what?
nothing will change,
consider a better education
to debate the wrongdoings
and norms of yesteryear
don’t try to scrub the slate clean
history is indelible
it’s in your blood
like it or not, get over it
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© Graham Sherwood 05/2021
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