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W. H. Auden, from September 1, 1939

Posted by Jess Austin Michalik, 5/13/05 at 5:01:09 PM.

Into this neutral air

Where the blind skyscrapers use

Their full height to proclaim

The strength of Collective Man,

Each language pours forth its vain

Competitive excuse:

But who can live for long

In a euphoric dream;

Out of the mirror they stare,

Imperialism's face

And the international wrong.

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