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Oct 2017
Poetry of the Occupation

          “…trained in the politics of the day, believing the great new
           system invented by a genius so great that they never
           bothered to verify its results.”

                              -John Steinbeck, The Moon is Down

Political poetry occupies the streets
Brakes squealing to a stop before an idyll
Squads of inclusive wordtroopers disembark
Into our souls to force submission and love

Armed with warrants and inquisitions
The bills of indictment already drawn
Needing only a tap upon a screen
To serve in the office of a signature

And sensitive to death the personal life -
Political poetry occupies the streets
Written by
Lawrence Hall
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