Enigma
HEY will write of us in some distant time That we discovered the atom and divided it; That electricity was our servant; That we produced our Einstein and our Shaw, Sighted the far stars, and made Silk out of wood; but yet adhered To the old ways; hadi divided still Into strange classes, nations, groups; Having covered our bodies for so long a time That sex had become a hidden Fans unpleasant joke; ty our feet were heavy and out eyes tired Striving for gold, insatiate for wealth, Valuing that wherein no value lay; That laughing at speed and conquering the air, We built our bombers and our tanks, And fought our wars; that wrapped about with grief And in a strange numb wonderment, we bore The better birth pangs of a happier age.
DOROTHY ANN
BEAVIS
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 140, 27 February 1942, Page 17
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138Enigma New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 140, 27 February 1942, Page 17
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