What We Teach

poem by: E.J. Waling
Written on Feb 24, 2026 

What we
teach.
Generations
pass.
New
infected 
by the 
old.
Passing
forward
fear,
superstition,
ancient 
stunted
thought.
Teaching,
molding
new minds
old dogma.
Past
flows
forward
holding
rigid
primitive 
concepts,
thought.
Modernity 
struggles.
Wrestling 
free.
New era.
New
intelligence.
Indoctrination.
Teaching.
Same
pattern.
Infecting 
new 
with old.
Human
primitive,
injected.
Infecting all.
Fears,
superstitions.
Moving 
forward
through the
artificial.

 

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