2025-08-13 - Lies by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

    Telling lies to the young is wrong.
    Proving to them that lies are true is wrong.
    Telling them that God's in his heaven
    and all's well with the world is wrong.
    The young know what you mean.  The young are people.
    Tell them the difficulties can't be counted,
    and let them see not only what will be
    but see with clarity these present times.
    Say obstacles exist they must encounter
    sorrow happens, hardship happens.
    The hell with it.  Who never knew
    the price of happiness will not be happy.
    Forgive no error you recognize,
    it will repeat itself, increase,
    and afterwards our pupils
    will not forgive us what we forgave.

    author: Yevtushenko, Yevgeny, 1933-2017

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