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Jul 2013
He used to be
used to have a name
a family
but he killed them
shot them dead

To the system
he is a number now
an ex human
excluded
exiled
in his own country
and sentenced
to extermination
someday

Until then
is silence
forever
days upon days
of gradual removal
from their consciousness
and from life
outside

But now we know
and we will not forget
Gene Hathorn
or his story
we will fight
the dehumanising system
we will tell his story
and we will make people
think
and act
like human beings
Another reaction to a powerful reality based work of art by Marco Evaristti. The Evaristti piece is called "Five to Twelve" and is telling the story about Gene Hathorn - a Death Row prisoner. For more information about the Evaristti installation and its context: http://www.anniedorsen.com/useruploads/files/futurity_of_(_democracy_in_america).pdf
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