Changing the Past

a strange sort of flow comes with thoughts of long ago spews a welcome glow nostalgia may just soothe when mixed with lies and half-truths Hitler and his ilk less troublesome than spilled milk like Wendell Wilkes slavery a slight bother endorsed by founding fathers a happy nation few trials or tribulations add more misinformation ignore racial injustice force the children to trust us all Greenwood flattened pretend it never happened let's not be saddened forget all those starved and bruised that story is over used no big mystery we’ll sugar coat history practice sophistry let's deny the Holocaust past transgressions should be lost need new set of rules ensure what is taught in school makes nation look good our kids do not need to know repeating the past brings woe