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Asking, by Jacinto Luntian

Asking, by Jacinto Luntian. I asked a mother at a funeral about death,/ and she answered:/ “There's nothing worse in the world...

I asked a mother at a funeral about death, and she answered: “There’s nothing worse in the world.”   I asked a grandfather alone on his porch about death, and he answered: “It’s as natural as life, and comes for us all.”   I asked a groom at his wedding about love, and he answered: “It makes everything worth it.”   I asked a drunk at a bar about love, and she answered: “Kid, you don’t even know…

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Truth!

"A poet and a wise man were addressing a crowd of their peers..."

A poet and a wise man were addressing a crowd of their peers.

  “I may not be a wise man,” The poet began,

“But I am a clever one, and I’ve come to learn many things–

To trust my loves, protect my hopes,

And to beware of men who would be kings.

I’ve taken up the gun and set it down again,

I’ve tasted war and found its flavor lacking,

I’ve felt the caress of wind and sea,

I’ve seen far-off lands…

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They

They’ve poisoned the handles to every door

That opens to somewhere else

They’ve trapped everyone who’s tried to be free

By tricking them into trapping themselves

They’re caught in a car that can’t carry them

To anywhere they haven’t already been

They carry their sons on their crosses unaware

That he already died

for something other than

sin

  They wake in their beds still hollow from fear

Of THEY…

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