Tuesday, February 4, 2025

What Does the Political Scientist Know?

  a poem by Artur Międzyrzecki

What does the political scientist know?

The political scientist knows the latest trends

The current states of affairs

The history of doctrines


What does the political scientist not know?

The political scientist doesn’t know about desperation

He doesn’t know the game that consists 

Of renouncing the game


It doesn’t occur to him

That no one knows when

Irrevocable changes may appear

Like an ice-floe’s sudden cracks


And that the natural resources 

Include knowledge of the venerated laws

Ability to wonder

And a sense of humor

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