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Poetry
the palace of curtains
by: John Sweet
van found empty on
the side of the road and
the woman gone
the pond dragged
the passage of time
six months
and then a year
and still nothing but the
empty space between my hands
the way i tell you
i love you
but not the reasons
and how far away
do you have to stand from
the uncovered pits filled with butchered bodies
for them not to matter?
how long can a child be
locked in a cage
before it starves to death?
you need to remember that there are
people in this world who know
the answers
you need to open
the bathroom door slowly
watch the mother
drown her children
listen to what she says
words that are obliterated by actions
which is nothing new
look at the men
you've voted for
all of the sons and daughters
they've raped
or sent off to die in pointless wars
the magic of turning god
into money
this country
that feeds off both
the living and the dead
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