Saturday, January 22, 2022

The 20th Century Legacy

By use of bullet or gas, fire or vile experiment
Cruelty was a legacy of the twentieth century
Even as the moon was reached after the wars
The event of reaching space was cruelty stained
All humanity, even the allies had become arrogant
Treating other humans as obstacles, tools or enemies
The practice of the science of Nazis was scarred
The goals of the Third Reich's leaders was insane
Humanity now stands upon fresh killing fields
The victors inherited data allowing innovations
Pushing for a weapon's nuclear maximum yield

“Forgetting extermination is part of extermination.” 
 Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation