Amazing

 

The words of hindsight sages

ring out with loud and clear tones,

how could we ever again

duplicate a blunder of such unbelievable proportions?

 

Speeches, sermons, lessons and meetings

gathering the host of witnesses

in nodding agreement

over the fact such moronic mistakes

have no reason to ever happen again.

 

Books written in meticulous detail

analyzing the error

until no question is left.

 

Laws passed, commentaries abound,

so proud we gained wisdom

from this utter moment of pure, self inflicted disaster.

 

Sleeping soundly in the security,

systems in force to shield the new dawn.

 

Right up to that very second

when there is a rerun of that catastrophe

caused by brain cells snoozing.

 

It all makes for great satire on the news,

bloopers, which make us shake our heads in amazement,

made more incredible

because it is a script wrote yesterday

acted on in the future

with rehearsal and accidents

repeated with such embarrassing accuracy.