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Hands of America

Hands of America Hand-over-hand: arduous climb up the ladder of success. Hand made: goods from a foreign land, homeland in economic distress. Hand-in-hand: dire collusion with despots of detention by the leaders of the state that forged liberty's invention. Underhanded: the undermining of the only black president; white hands applying black face, inciting hatred and malcontent. Handgun: a clutched firearm with trigger pull light as breath; handles on the side of a casket, results of a violent shooting death. Handover: a secret tactic of those whose secret mission results in the torture of those sent abroad for extreme rendition. Handiwork: the bloody results of falsehoods of those who swore that our homeland was in danger, that we must send our best into war. Handhold: a grip on reality by people needing a hand. Hands off: the response of those who seek to rule this land.

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