Pansies (Lawrence)/Triumph

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TRIUMPH
It seems to me that for five thousand years at least
men have beer: wanting to triumph, triumph, triumph
triumph over their fellow-men, triumph over obstacles, triumph over evil,
till now the very word is nauseating, we can't hear it any more.

If we looked in our hearts, we should see
we loathe the thought of any sort of triumph
we are sick of it.

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