Brecht ‘To Those Who Follow in Our Wake’
An artless word is foolish. A smooth forehead
Points to insensitivity. He who laughs
Has not yet received
The terrible news.
What times are these, in which
A conversation about trees is almost a crime"
— Bertolt Brecht
Brecht talked in the dark time of the Nazi regime in Germany about migration and the dawn of a big war and the Holocaust.
Complete poem:
https://harpers.org/2008/01/brecht-to-those-who-follow-in-our-wake/
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