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Bittersweet.
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Nicholas Gordon
Beware of
inequalities too wide
And chasms that cannot be bridged by
dreams.
Societies fray first along the seams,
Then rip apart, exposing rot inside.
In chaos hopes for liberty abide;
Life in its Edenic newness gleams;
Longing is more brutal than it seems;
Ecstatic demons 'cross the wastelands
glide.
Do, then, recall the day of the
Bastille
As one whose burst of glory would
reveal
Yearnings that would stain the turning
tide.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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