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The Things We Touch (opens the original)
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The morning blanket, we pull closer.A baby’s smooth cheek, we gently stroke.We leave our mark on keyboards.Our feet feel the heat of sand in summer.(Where do our touches go, when we’re gone?)We handle this,we fondle that.Our hands caress fabrics and lives.A cutting glance strikes at the heart,(The things we touch still hold us, when we’re gone.)Remember the first time you felt snow.When your toes felt cold rainwater in your boots.The wooden bench in a new playground.Your lover’s soft face in a m
Your Presence Lingers (opens the original)
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Your presence lingers.Though you rode away to fight the war -your stallion rearing up in anticipation -your heart stayed here at home.Your presence lingers,Though the persistence of conflicthas torn you away from loved ones.Images of you are burnt in my mind.Your rough hands with tender touch.Your eyes glinting with mischief.Your wild, tousled hair reflecting the sun.The way you threw back your head in laughter.Your presence lingers.Your name is spoken every day.No message has arrived.Rumours ha
Tale of Three Pebbles (opens the original)
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Three pebbles, found in the stream.The mage holds them close,sees their perfection:round, smooth, hefty.One black, one white, one grey.The walls aren’t talking anymore.He relied on them for forecasts:Weather, war, crops, all human affairs.He puts the pebbles in his pouch.Climbing the bank,he takes hold of a willow branch.Hauling himself up to the path;the pebbles heavier by the step.The magic flowers greet him merrily as he passes,glad he won’t snip them for spells today.He wipes away the reeds
Changes Must Be Made (opens the original)
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They’re stealing lives.We do not consent.They’re stealing peoplefrom their homes,from workplaces,from schools,from all safe places.We do not consent.They’re stealing families,our neighbours,our friends,our co-workers.our helpers.We do NOT consent.(They’re in the wrong.)(Changes must be made.)They’re stealing the un-white,They’re stealing by accents.They’re stealing the innocent.Some of them, they kill.They send the stolen to prisons,concentratio
We Do Not Consent (opens the original)
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They have power over us now,but we can shift that.They’re in the wrong.Changes must be made.They’re stealing our lives.We do not consent.We can end this barbarism.Let us all do it together.We’ll be like the ninja - silent and deadly.Being careful, we’ll never get caught.Can we all be trusted not to divulgeour devious plan?Have we the fortitude to take action?Crimes have been committed;we’re vigilantes now.What they’ve done to femalescan’t be allowed to stand.They’ve ta
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