Lewis Mortensen Poems

Man's basic problem can be clearly shown
He feasts on forces which he did not earn
He thinks the world was made for him alone
He has not learned yet how to really learn That natural self which simply drifts along
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If we were wise and thus could surely help
What would we therefore wisely do
With creative art, intend and act
To make the ugly old, so lovely new Down below on earth we'd leave men hope
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