multitudes

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if we're going to turn a blind eye
on the world
let us turn our blindness
on all of it
let us flip the light off on
the graduating son in da 'Burb
as we did the
son shotgunned in da 'Bronx
let us blindfold
the sunrise
as we did the
gay man's cries
let us mute our tongues
to laughter
as we did
to slaughter
as we did
to Istanbul and Orlando
to San Bernardino
to Chattanooga
to Newtown and Aurora
and Blacksburg
and Columbine

if we wake up
to a world we'd rather not live in
let us either close the binds entirely
or walk into the dark
with the sun at our backs

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