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Sing Broken Beyond Mankind

Sing Broken Beyond Mankind because I speak IN T oppressors tongue H language of E conqueror MY IMAGINATION excludes my distress furnishes NO means to bring charges NO WORD for my complaint NOT EVEN a prayer THEREFORE I forge a weapon from s i l e n c e CAPTURE the s p a c e s between THREAD SUNS rake to prosecute every choral to plumb by no measure the Tide·Raw Prayer·Witness of a sinking ·g·O·d· and to those who came before and those yet to be a venge ME mi eneME bi sa ving his soul · he · dis TORts · MY hu · MAN ity des TRO ying his · own because I speak IN T phones of H massacre I bury E tones of dead a voice compels no air a heart contrives no future a history walks without eyes my complaint is the moon mist rising Rise bright you sea dusty dragons your hero disguises a sun rapier' view Rise bright you hopeful wild places Mammon matricide pricks in pacific hues T H E N renounce the strains of all that cant be spoken say right the broken hearts that they may heal as breath bares light and dream our understanding we charge the spring to sing beyond mankind 'though the dead G®D rein The Destroyer of The World WE THE PEOPLE of earth are THE EARTH and we are the earth singing and we are the song the master song singing and the song of the dead Sing brightly the song of the damned Heal the river beyond mankind

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Date: 11/10/2023 1:10:00 AM
When the river failed, I was asleep, and the birds, breaking to air, made no sound. ~
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Date: 1/8/2022 4:52:00 AM
Yes Robert a lot of soul you put in this.' I shall have to go over it again, I will receive thought and illumination No Doubt once I digest more.'
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Robert Warlov
Date: 1/9/2022 9:18:00 AM
Thanks
Date: 12/5/2021 11:40:00 AM
This is very cleverly arranged and powerful poetry, Robert. Lots of thought went into it, which I appreciate.
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Robert Warlov
Date: 12/25/2021 2:27:00 PM
If Society can no longer afford the resources necessary for each to continue ones life as 'a great adventure', then it is failing its primary objective and needs remediation. Thanks friend!
Date: 12/4/2021 5:01:00 PM
Poetry Soup's limited space didn't allow me to include the attribution. ~ "Thread-Suns" from the poem: "Breath Crystals" by Paul Celan.
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