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A Poem: "Then they came for me"

these words are a paraphrasing of the famous words from Martin Niemöller, an anti-Hitler, German Christian pastor: "First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I wasn’t a trade unionist, so I didn’t speak out. Then they came for the Jews. I wasn’t a Jew so I didn’t speak out. Then they came for me, and there was no one to speak for me.” <?> 8/22/17 2:01am https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...
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Aug 22, 2017
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

A Love Poem?

Oh yes, surely, is not written, love thy neighbor as you love thyself

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17[a] You must not hate your brother in your heart.

/ [17b] You must surely reprove your fellow citizen

/ [17c] so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

18[a] You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people,

/ [18b] but you must love your neighbor as yourself.

/ [18c] I am the LORD.

— Leviticus 19:17-18

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