Autumn crusade

It’s been a while. But I’d like to share this piece Iespecially wrotefor Pluma’s third year anniversary (September 14). VisitPluma’s official website and blog for more features.

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If only the burning of bridges
remains an idiot’s idiom
and we could still dream of flowerbeds

and never hear gunshots
of freedom from a remote uproar

lay the sword to rest –
what powers does it hold under a child’s gaze?
even time halts for mourning
when the sharp edges of tyranny
dug deep down their tiny bellies

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