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Poppies

by @GDPresence

I lay in your arms on a Vacant bed of Poppies                                   Watching a midnight blue sky                                                       As ancient ferns opened curtains wide                                                                                                                                            Cathedral upon cathedral                                                                 Passed before our vision                                                                   Each belled more splendid than the next                                                                                                                                            Slave doors were but half opened                                                 We saw arches being lifted                   Marx and Brecht nodding in agreement                                       We turned and rested in "I AM"                                                                                                                                                                The poppies faded                                                                           Their red turning to blood                                                                 Black centres becoming AFRIKA ! Copyright © Ghairo Daniels  2017
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GDPresence
F / South Africa
Published
Sep 26, 2025
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#poppies#red#love#brecht#slaves#vision#sky#i#am
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