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fall of babylon
Author: Magpie Poet  PM
some thoughts on the recent museum lootings in iraq, mixed with my ancient near eastern religion class. history is vital to knowing who we are and where we come from, if we don't know that, we can't move on... the past is always worth protecting...
Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Tragedy/Poetry - Words: 91 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 04-30-03 - id: 1292692
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fall of babylon
cradle of civilization…
civilized?
what right have any of us
to call ouselves civilized?
destruction is refined
and made an art;
yet is still destruction.
not so long ago
a few mudbrick tablets
with wedge shaped marks
older than some
peoples,
languages,
religions,
races,
countries,
were smashed.
really,
what are a few bricks
when we smash peoples?
only their own history.
destroyed
for lack of resale value.
their own past.
and ours.
our mutual cradle,
our shared birthright.
reduced to piles of cuneiform dust.
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