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Friday, July 17, 2026

Poem --Timothy Snyder explains History.

Fri, Jul 17 at 2:40 AM

He's dressed all in grey and black.

He's very lean though not mean, I am sure.

As he talks about the role of history

how we can change it, his white head stands in the middle

while, his big white hands, flap about like

seagulls or albatrosses. Or big white butterflies encountered by Stillwell trecking out of Burma

and the thousands of mostly Indian refugees walking out of Burma to

Manipur, beginning of WW II. 1939.

Most died.

Kyi May Kaung

7-17-2026