History Yet Learned

A short poem spun from something that's been hanging around in the Notebook for a while now.

Photo by Kathy Marsh on Unsplash

The monarch's inability to learn
from their mistakes—
presently and historically—
is the dry cement in its grave 
that guarantees it will remain buried 
and stagnated—a zombie 
in a purgatory-like stasis 
during the process 
of reanimation.

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