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hostages for days

days for hostages

and let the buses in

that have fuel

for hospitals

and food for everyone

and will there be selection

in the heart

and maybe by practice

who knows

the news and books might

tell us

but for now this

cessation means

there’s life again

without the breaths between

explosions

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let the math run

the refugees

the witnesses

wear black

as they can

when talking

with the rest of us

a message to the west

of us

who might see black

in our own way

in understanding theirs

ours

all

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emphasis mine

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black for mourning

to be clear

black for normalcy

as well

in understanding ours

theirs

(decide who they are)

all

then

all of us

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who need the chance

by the way

and maybe often

to exchange our stones

for bread

to trade what has been bestowed

for grace

or simple decency

on all sides

of the Earth

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Matthew 7:9-11

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