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Tears to Pay

What matters if we stop these bells,
—the toll and knell of guns and bombs,
the monstrous groan of metal wheels
the murmur of a boy gurgling on hope
before his breath is smothered out,
if we cannot quench the thirst of bureaucracy?

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Posted byThepoetryofjpMarch 17, 2021Posted inRevolutionary PoetryTags:poem, poetry, war poetryLeave a comment on Tears to Pay

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