Lawrence Hall, HSG
Our Children Will Ask Us What We Did in 2024
Thus was th’ applause they meant,
Turned to exploding hiss, triumph to shame
Cast on themselves from thir own mouths.
Milton, Paradise Lost, X.545-547
Have we not learned?
The Zeppelinfield, the Kroll Opera House
The Great Hall of 10,000 People
The Hippodrome, the Piazza Venetia
Red Square, and the Quicken Loans Arena
Weak beings subsumed within one commanding Will
Adoring with glistening eyes and beating hearts
A strident oligarchy of destiny
Chanting obscurities and pumping fists
But when the chanting stops and foul diktats roll –
Will you - will I? - be a defiant soul?
