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Draining Our Spirits

Like an open wound
That won’t heal
The current political situation
Bleeds out…
A hemorrhaged polarization
Inside a malignancy of lies
Draining our spirits
  —of all life giving faith

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Gauthier Avatar
June 8, 2019 at 2:18 PM
Strong image, Kurt.
Behm Avatar
June 8, 2019 at 2:30 PM
Thanks so much!
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