Bertolt Brecht

On the Remains of Past Ages

Still for instance the moon
Hangs above the new buildings at night
Of the things made of copper
It is
The most useless. Already
Mothers tell stories of animals
That drew carts--called horses.
True, in the conversation of continents
These no longer occur, nor their names:
The great aerials
Know nothing now
Of a past age.

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