“Be angry at the sun for setting
If these things anger you.”

—  Robinson Jeffers

"Be Angry At The Sun" (1941)
Context: That public men publish falsehoods
Is nothing new. That America must accept
Like the historical republics corruption and empire
Has been known for years.
Be angry at the sun for setting
If these things anger you.

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