Like Onion

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…the strength of our unity

And resounding love in our vicinity

 

Mother's bowel kept me warm despite the cold

I'd always be grateful even though I grow old

How with groans she went through labor

Helpless she was even though I was her neighbor

 

She screamed father's name like it's his fault

But I'll come to know that to be a pregnant woman's default

She'd cry and beg for the Lord…


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Justice

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…day has come and the jury is set,

The attorney presents his argument,

The jurist is clear on the premises,

The hopes of both parties now hanging on promises.

Court? Echoes through the room

As the judge's throat goes vroom

Like truck- he reads the verdict,

"After considering all evidence presented, the jury convict..."

Now this is the case with us,

When one treats another member of society like wuss.

Doing so sometimes with impunity,

Regardless of our firm stance on unity.

Thanks for the rule of law,

Else the poor would be subject to gnaw

By the rich who…


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