poets do...their words make people cry and fight, remember and forget

Poets are very fond of history because they too are people who cannot forget. So when a dictatorial government comes up with its scriptwriters and tells them to write a certain kind of history for its subjects, two kinds of poets emerge - one poet who writes about the history he cannot forget, the past as he knew it, the names of streets and places that remained imprinted in his memory in a language he remembers, ...the other poet is the poet of the ruler...he writes hymns in the system's praise, he eulogises, he compares the leader with some great historical god of the past, he makes a whole nation forget, spells a charm of collective amnesia over them...what do poets do...through their words they make people cry and fight, remember and forget