of innocent innocence...

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life

in the

metaphorical sky

of the american

democratic republic

the honoured eagle

soars freely—

swooping down

at will

in the cosmic life

and death

race of races—

claws carrying

weary caged feelings

to volcanic craters

of injustice

as caged mocking birds

in sad beauty

sitting stilled swings

singing songs

of extinction

in the home of the brave

and the land of the free:

what a lingering mockery

of

innocent innocence—

oh say can you hear the {birds}

singing stinging sad songs…