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Power Paradigm (Shift)
There comes a day
the chains begin to rust
chains that fill your mind with beliefs
ancient as the flat world of ancient maps
you raise your head
like Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks,
and say,
No More
That day
you may not know how else to live
if you don't beat your children,
if there are no police
if the world is no longer
a complex web of theft
here the sun gives light
flowers give fragrance
a mother gives
her own body to her child
giving is more ancient
than the maps
even chains give their rust
into the soil
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