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Jan 2016
I wonder why they call this stuff free verse?
Is it because they do not follow a certain set of rules for writing?
Is it because boundaries that have been set by Shakespeare have been shattered
And we now call ourselves free men because we are not owned by Creole's anymore?

Guess what? You're wrong.

I came from a country that have been enslaved by Conquestadors for three-hundred years.
And even though we call ourselves free(we've got our own government and all),
We always choose to serve foreign people.
We leave our family, travel to a foreign land,
Serve other people's daughters and sons
But can never be there when our own kids blow their candles for their first birthday.

Am I really free?
I guess slavery isn't something that you can erase that easily.
Karl Allen
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Karl Allen  Philippines
(Philippines)   
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