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Nov 08
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Icestorm

Capitol(ize)(ism)

Dripping with gasoline,
we chase unlit matches

fancying ourselves
a revolution to lead.

Bored of bliss, we band-aid
papercuts caused by the Constitution.

We pick sides &
romanticize blind loyalty:

a dangerous religion
when justice is tailored for Television.
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Posted: 11.08.20
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  1. Yellow Sweater
    Nov 08, 2020

    Wow. I don;t even know how to rhapsodize over this. Any words I use will fall short.

    So powerful.

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  1. amaryllis
    Nov 08, 2020

    Agreed-- every word in this piece is purposeful and revelatory, especially, for me, "romanticize blind loyalty". Honesty, in all its wonder.

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