we refuse
we will not feast
at the ivory tables
of hatred and fear
will not continue
to gorge ourselves
on the virus of your flesh
no longer respond to your commands
to remake ourselves into
narrow images of your mistakes
we reject
the iron classrooms of despair
the lessons of abhorrence
against ourselves
and the skin of others
we will throw open the doors
hiding the private tutelage
of alienation
xenophobia
and despair
we will cast off of our shoulders
the weights of ignorance
you lovingly placed
onto our minds
our emotions
our genders
our hope
we will walk away
from your killing fields
we will not fight you with your weapons
but will use them to build
monuments to the rusting
of your machine

05/01/2007

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Posted on 05/01/2007
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