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Questions For America

September 1, 2016
By mereCat PLATINUM, Horsham, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"I am finally colouring inside the lines I live between"

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Is it true that, while I let letter boxes
Give me knuckle cracks,
You just throw newspapers into front gardens
And hope the headlines creep in
Under the doors and
Through the keyholes?


How many gunshots will it take for you
To dismantle your pride
And take your pistol out of your own mouth,
Lay it on the side,
And call it illegal?
 

© Jessica E. Pelham, AL

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