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Veterans Day

The young seeds unsown buried beneath long forgotten granite reasons a waste of stone and otherwise arable soil which now lies fallow and barren like the ancient womb from which they were given way unsafely into the world of parks and laughter of tears and monumental alibis for another's selfish desire to raise a flag upon a distant hill and bury beneath it like supporting struts the very bones of our future.
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jayseth-guberman
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jayseth-guberman
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Aug 29, 2016
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after Academy Hill, Stratford

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#war#anti-war#alibis#monuments
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