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Jai Rho Nov 2015
Some men see things as they are
and say "Why?"

I dream things that never were
and say "Why not?"
Jai Rho Nov 2015
It is better to light a candle
than curse the darkness
Jai Rho Nov 2015
If you hear the song I sing
You will understand
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It's there at your command
Jai Rho Nov 2015
When I give thanks
today
tomorrow
and yesterday

I look out my window
at the clear blue sky
and the autumn leaves
and my neighbors
strolling by

And I step outside
to join them
and the birds
singing in the trees
Jai Rho Nov 2015
If we destroy America
on our own

There will be nothing left
for terrorists to do
Jai Rho Nov 2015
We bomb

hospitals
schools
police stations
sleeping children

and people
who we call
"collateral damage"

while chasing elusive
"high value targets"

while missing stationary
protected non-targets

oil fields
refineries
banks
arms dealers

and others who profit
from the insanity
they fuel
Jai Rho Nov 2015
The vintage patina
of green verdigris
melts from her eyes

and turns to brown
as salty tears are shed
like streaks of rain
from darkened skies

No room here for
the tired
the poor
the huddled masses

yearning to breathe free

as bricks build walls
to shut out refugees
and armor borders
that extinguish

what once was
liberty
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