Nightmare's Amend
Only the dead
know the end of war
Cursing the living
to forever endure
Rich people gifted
to hide in the past
Where nightmare’s amend
— their terror recast
(Tribute To George Santayana: January, 2026)
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Philosophical meditation on war, memory, privilege; abstracted beyond personal experience
Multiple compressed ideas: death, war, class, history, denial packed into four lines
Darkly critical tone; condemns war, hypocrisy, privileged erasure of suffering
Forceful accusations and fragmented syntax create sharp, accusatory momentum
Micro poem: 4 lines only
Metaphor of 'nightmare's amend,' personification of dead and living, symbolic past-hiding
Lyric voice with accusatory edge; addresses 'the living' and 'rich people' directly
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