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Kiss the Sky
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Seventy-three is always at the ready,
Eager to march, to sign, to speak, to sing.
Victory's the goal, but not the point,
Even though the time is out of joint,
Nor is guilt or self-regard the thing,
Though motivation's never one, but many.
Yet for her, the love of life is plenty:
The love of people, animals, the Earth,
Human rights, freedom, justice, beauty,
Reveling in struggle, in doing right,
Embracing the quixotic gift of duty,
Engaged ever in the painful bliss of birth.
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