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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=549383" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Culture Abyss</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I recently with two high-school students conversed<br>And alarmingly learned they weren’t at all versed<br>In the musical heritage of our American nation<br>It was a sorrowful show of their culture isolation</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s not that these kids were doltish or dumb<br>They were as a matter of fact bright as they come<br>After minutes with them, one couldn’t refute<br>Their learned mastery of the digital compute</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They’re well schooled in kilo, giga and megabytes<br>Consumed with computers in utter delight<br>But the well rounded person, is one who stands tall<br>Who knows the tech-world is not the be and end-all</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’m distressed to be the sad news reporter<br>That these bright kids never heard of Mr. Cole Porter<br>An American icon of music and wit<br>It’s a short-fall of ours, I humbly submit</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Duke Ellington, ” they asked, “Who’s that dude”? <br>And Gershwin, forget about, they hadn’t a clue<br>That it’s not a requisite to be musically inclined<br>Is no excuse to be culturally blind</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was fearful so didn’t mention Mozart or Bach<br>Though I’m sure they knew about Rap and Hard Rock<br>We’ve a TV, Computer and I-Pod generation<br>Who have fallen victim to culture deprivation</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They’re probably unacquainted with the likes of Van Gogh<br>Who’s accountable for their lack of exposure I really don’t know<br>Hopefully they’ll emerge from this culture abyss<br>There’s so much out there, they deserve not to miss</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Stanley+Cooper">Stanley Cooper</a><div class=q>
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