Month: January 2016

Racist ignorance

‘race’ lives in our minds
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in science we are all one
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Homo sapiens

trav’ling on my own
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for the first time not happy
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in the bustling souk

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masked men beating boys
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first-world immaturity
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in a complex world

when the ‘happiest’
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take from those with nothing left
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we must redefine

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with melancholy
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always something to observe
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our essence mirrored

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dance as if alone
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sing as though the world is deaf
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feel the silence rise

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in a cobbled lane
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the tunes of Zauber Floete
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he thanks me and leaves

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after several weeks
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a generous thunderstorm
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the earth is smiling

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slumbering for years
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this poet’s identity
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who is now awake

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