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Cleansing of Jerusalem

Raising the cross on the dome of the rock, we rejoiced Oh god! what did we rejoice, our hatred, our love, What is love, sadistic love, crusaders love, for the love of god There is no love, we massacred them all, ....everyone’s dead Liberum Divisa 4 Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Gregory R Barden From my poem, Everyone’s dead 27/02/21

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Date: 3/10/2021 6:23:00 PM
Love the ending! LOVe it~
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David Kavanagh
Date: 3/11/2021 2:16:00 AM
Sad part is it’s absolutely true, they killed everyone in the city, mindless bloodletting, cheers David
Date: 3/9/2021 11:49:00 AM
Cleansed in Blood
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 3/9/2021 12:27:00 PM
Or shall i rather say Bathed in blood
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David Kavanagh
Date: 3/9/2021 12:01:00 PM
If there is such a thing Christopher yes it really was, cheers David
Date: 2/27/2021 6:31:00 PM
What more can be said, a moving write David... Best wishes, Belle
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David Kavanagh
Date: 2/27/2021 6:49:00 PM
Heya Belle, very little can be said in defense of such behavior, other than it happened a thousand years ago, I really never understood what they hoped to achieve, other than satisfying a sadistic bloodlust, cheers David

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