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AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED	A
It is considered low to talk about food	B
The fact is they have	C
Already eaten	D
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The lowly must leave this earth	E
Without having tasted	F
Any good meat	G
	-
For wondering where they come from and	H
Where they are going	I
The fine evenings find them	J
Too exhausted	F
	-
They have not yet seen	K
The mountains and the great sea	L
When their time is already up	M
	-
If the lowly do not	N
Think about what's low	O
They will never rise	P
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THE BREAD OF THE HUNGRY HAS	Q
ALL BEEN EATEN	D
Meat has become unknown Useless	R
The pouring out of the people's sweat	S
The laurel groves have been	T
Lopped down	U
From the chimneys of the arms factories	V
Rises smoke	W
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THE HOUSE PAINTER SPEAKS OF	X
GREAT TIMES TO COME	Y
The forests still grow	O
The fields still bear	Z
The cities still stand	A2
The people still breathe	B2
	-
ON THE CALENDAR THE DAY IS NOT	N
YET SHOWN	C2
Every month every day	D2
Lies open still One of those days	E2
Is going to be marked with a cross	F2
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THE WORKERS CRY OUT FOR BREAD	G2
The merchants cry out for markets	H2
The unemployed were hungry The employed	I2
Are hungry now	J2
The hands that lay folded are busy again	K2
They are making shells	L2
	-
THOSE WHO TAKE THE MEAT FROM THE TABLE	M2
Teach contentment	N2
Those for whom the contribution is destined	O2
Demand sacrifice	P2
Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry	L
Of wonderful times to come	Y
Those who lead the country into the abyss	Q2
Call ruling too difficult	R2
For ordinary men	K2
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WHEN THE LEADERS SPEAK OF PEACE	S2
The common folk know	O
That war is coming	I
When the leaders curse war	T2
The mobilization order is already written out	U2
	-
THOSE AT THE TOP SAY PEACE	S2
AND WAR	T2
Are of different substance	V2
But their peace and their war	T2
Are like wind and storm	W2
	-
War grows from their peace	S2
Like son from his mother	X2
He bears	Y2
Her frightful features	Z2
	-
Their war kills	A3
Whatever their peace	S2
Has left over	X2
	-
ON THE WALL WAS CHALKED	B3
They want war	T2
The man who wrote it	C3
Has already fallen	D
	-
THOSE AT THE TOP SAY	D2
This way to glory	L
Those down below say	D2
This way to the grave	D3
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THE WAR WHICH IS COMING	I
Is not the first one There were	X2
Other wars before it	C3
When the last one came to an end	E3
There were conquerors and conquered	F3
Among the conquered the common people	M2
Starved Among the conquerors	Z2
The common people starved too	G3
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THOSE AT THE TOP SAY COMRADESHIP	M
Reigns in the army	L
The truth of this is seen	K
In the cookhouse	Z2
In their hearts should be	L
The selfsame courage But	H3
On their plates	Z2
Are two kinds of rations	Z2
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WHEN IT COMES TO MARCHING MANY DO NOT	N
KNOW	O
That their enemy is marching at their head	G2
The voice which gives them their orders	Z2
Is their enemy's voice and	H
The man who speaks of the enemy	L
Is the enemy himself	I3
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IT IS NIGHT	J3
The married couples	Z2
Lie in their beds The young women	D
Will bear orphans	Z2
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GENERAL YOUR TANK IS A POWERFUL VEHICLE	M2
It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men	K2
But it has one defect	K3
It needs a driver	X2
	-
General your bomber is powerful	M2
It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant	N2
But it has one defect	K3
It needs a mechanic	L3
	-
General man is very useful	M2
He can fly and he can kill	M3
But he has one defect	K3
He can think	N3

Bertolt Brecht

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