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( Any truth at all will do )

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The long Pagan Winter

The holy sun

                                                        ( The human day )

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We should not be strangers

We should not treat each other

As merely fellow slaves

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See

The child !

What is she doing to herself !? ?!

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Oh which story are we in ?

Now that our understanding seems

To be dead

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In our darkness

How can we hope to live ?

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How can we hope to live

When we render every truth as meaningless ?

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Oh   which of the stories are we in !  ?

( which sacred myth ?)

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Dying in our servitude

And utter lasting shame

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Afraid to call out the true Name

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The simple poet

The beach at dawn

The refugee camp

The war rages

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The simple poem

No lovers are here

The broken records

Of busted trust

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The squeamish message

The poet has been captured

The war rages

We talk of love

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****** minds !

The minstrel tune

The war rages

The talk drones on

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The midnight hour

The drone airplanes

The poet is dead

The refugee camp at dawn

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AMERICA

In it's soul - less death

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In the impotence of sterility

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It's dummied down state

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It's child abuse

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It's violent love

( the only passion left ! )

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Waiting for and creating

Reasons to hate !

( the only passion left )

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AMERICA

Unholy vulture of death

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Silly little boys with human toys

Provided by a corrupt government

To keep you blind and loveless

But so amused

That you allow yourselves to be so abused

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Quiet subdued voices

Hiding in the shadows of scorn

Spied on and betrayed

Impoverished by corporate forces

Who will **** you
If you try to escape

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But look !!!

There is a  BAD GUY

(( OVER THERE ! ))

and you !

Brain- washed and tested

And ruled SAFE

By the NSA !

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Clap when told !

Curse when told !

PLAY OUT THE CHARADE !

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Then watch your daughter cut her wrist

( Perhaps there's something you have missed !

Within the lies you tell
And the games you play ! )

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Sound byte warriors !

Believing what they're told to believe

Useless idiots

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Herding their children toward the grave

I catch myself holding my breath
Like I'm subconsciously
Giving up
I make myself breath again
Heartbeat slows back to normal
Just to ease the burning in my lungs
And the ache in my mind
A small shard of doubt
Nestles in between
A crack
Growing in my mind

When I don't think about it
When I'm occupied with other things
I find myself growing dizzy
And force a breath
Through my clenched teath