(The following is a poem from Iowa Mercury founder and writer Douglas Burns on the urgency of truth of America today.)
Soul-stealing hopelessness
Dark exhaustion
The truth must win
Gnawing grief
Desparate dislocation
The truth must win
Sinful, cynical, sugary lies
The truth must win
Constant contortions
Endless distortions
The truth must win
America The Fragile
Freedom’s Final Rattle
The truth must win
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Well said.
I like this very much.