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You speak frustrations against the Wall of Generations: If we can ever change the world, it likely will take a collapse and starting over. Otherwise, any hope may take hundreds, if not thousands of years of incremental gains - first, somehow, stopping "the downfall" you speak of.   There's a theory of socio-genetics - social behaviors that are passed down through children/families/communities - in which civilizations have weeded out the most revolutionary, selfless people over the countless centuries, while the most selfish, controlling persons tended to hoard materials and survive (quite often as the rulers who eliminated the selfless revolutionaries). We can think of some great examples of the former - the altruists, if you will - in modern times. Martin Luther King Jr. didn't make it past 40. Medgar Evers was assassinated at 37. Perhaps Malcom X wasn't an altruist, but he still grew into a fairly selfless revolutionary and he was dead at 39.   Meanwhile, George Herbert Walker Bush, who was assistant director of the CIA during much of those years, then went on to head the CIA before becoming US President, lived to 94. At the head end of the table in the ruling class, Warren Buffet is 91 and so is George Soros. Overseas, meanwhile, the Queen of England - a fantastic example of a wealthy leech - is nearly a 100.   I could go on and on, but the point is, we only get the family rearing and cultural influence of people like King for half as long, or less, as we get from scumbags like Bush, Buffet, Soros and Queens/Kings. Compounded over 1000's of years, it's theoretically deteriorated our societies, with more and more of the remaining population being, essentially, bred to be selfish.  

Farenheit 451 : ..also hit on this quite well.   Society, itself, ultimately willingly participates in it's own censorship and erasure of the past. We are seeing this, as well.

"...rivers don't speak the: "...rivers don't speak the language of lashes" A courageous line. Bravo! ~A ~

"off closing-in walls": Combination of vines exits hands of clocks, I was floored. I adore poems that are dense with imagery, that hold me riveted to the page, to each note, to each letter of each word, to each space between each word. Stop Nice work. . ~ Lady A ~

You have an ear: for poetry...disciplined hearing equals better than most writing. This is true. Thank you for hearing me. ~A~

Always A Good Reading: Pale wings and poetry - great combo Lady A

Small Non-Nukes: usa only attacks countries that cannot fight back.  Nam could have ended with air strikes only. Not the goal. Making money was. Nagging China was the goal - usa on their doorstep. There is a possibility we could stumble into WWIII. Nobody will negotiate out of it if we are all dead. Or glowing in the dark. We watch. . Lady A   ps cannot get the war news on tv. Ask any Russian..