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Love among the Ruins of the Nation

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Oh

Gee

Let’s

Stop

Let’s love each other

In a real way

That could stop a war

From need

Of bids through Congress

Or parties

Lashing out

To topple strategies

Even the existence

Of

Each other

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Punishing the dare

To compromise

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Can you imagine

Love in Washington

D. C.

Love and then

Morality

To say

To say we argue

On our side

With angels

With drawn swords

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Love instead

The red

The blue

The blue

The gray

The war we will not end

For equal living

Everywhere

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Separate

But more equal

Come on

You know you believe

It is the essence

Of superiority

And you are

Superior

You know you are

As you are shameless

To the Lord

Whom you evade

By speaking loudly

To your party

That to your side

Deserves the spoils

After everything

Despoiled

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Love among the ruins

Understood

For you

For us

Not romantically

(Victorian)

Rather too late

Simply

Ruins

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C L Couch

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