THOSE WHO TAKE THE MEAT FROM THE TABLE
Teach contentment.
Those from whom the taxes are destined
Demand sacrifice.
Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry
Of wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the abyss
Call ruling too difficult
For ordinary men.
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BERTOLT BRECHT
SELECTED POEMS
TRANSLATED BY H. R. HAYS
REYNAL & HITCHCOCK, 1947
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