We are the middle children of history,
He said
Ours is that dislocation between
spirit and identity
faith and question
integrity and fascination
We are the middle children of history,
He said
Ours is the time of romantic
Solar powered watches
Paperless documents
Controlled births
Political hungers
And negotiated hate, for
We are the middle children of history,
He said
Ours is that moment of
Anthems without nations
Sciences without compassion
Freedoms without expression, again
We are the middle children of history,
He said
Ours is that aspect of modernity
That historical moment
Of interminable self-deception, since
We are the middle children of history,
He said
And we are struggling to understand