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Poetry: Oppression

by Robert Dixon

Created on: January 09, 2009

What makes a person?

Biology, chemistry,

Psychology, rhythm,

Or style? Perhaps

It's all too simple.

It's the bitter

Little word

That's heard

In the grand

Vocabulary of life

That makes us

Stop short,

Close shop early,

Avoid joy,

Harbor guilt,

And alienate

Those that mean

So much to us.

We build our Life

On insignificant

Words and phrases

And allow

The oppression

To swallow us

Rather than liberate.

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