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Convene from Keepers Rebellious Gallery

Brother. O Brother. O when when we were callow In days young Shakers of the movement before gray & silver turned our locks we held in idol Spree even damned were we Lessen a very score ’til callous became un-sore away had you myth into the far-off seeking a northern star Thus did dim of you re-turn filled privileged besiege ferrying scripted jots of the novel are deluged in assure Brother. O Brother. Dont forthwith tell to me nor else what I do not forth I have continued a militant pace Dont mid uncommon lot tell to me nor else demur girding resistance rebellious plot If you must speak a hair tell of owned stead mid factional fight In the absence tell of owned gallant march for quality rights If adapt if no longer a sworn knight tell of owned rationalism of moralism the plagiarism of Quisling plight ill-gots Are you not at will zealot Brother. O Brother. Here in the brawling depth the course bowl clear onward the struggle un-stop You we in pledge had warrant to our brethren aged to carry the pillars in lift O out furthest yon you hither re-turn elope dystopia sum utmost grift —whitewashed literacy alien pensive — these snares gate earnest mental width so readily turncoat gift in errand of handmade suits and seasoned goose be too un-loathed the dandy one who tend the noose Steady are the angered us of sternly force undue toil seizing liberty under conquer Brother. O Brother. If for reasons untold at sun’s godly will alms’ shine shalt fetch flicker of brotherly chime O the left-behind aggrandizing autocrat-kneeler sprawl as liken wayward owl cant find luminous in eyes of kinship kind — formed across absolutist allured far-off whereat darken desert loom Muse this Steely-dusk rise leap desert’s sandy sweep to the heavens it seeps to hand the moon its imposing greet if for reasons untold

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