Rows and columns march –
stark and solemn reminders
of the true cost of freedom.
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Today we honor
those who surrendered their lives
so we might be free.
Rows and columns march –
stark and solemn reminders
of the true cost of freedom.
~
Today we honor
those who surrendered their lives
so we might be free.
At what cost, writing?
And at what price is meaning
when sacrificed to profit?
~
Writers profit by
finding meaning and pleasure
in the words that come their way.
Tell me, my poet
friend, do you think folks mostly
do the best they can?
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Good folk do their best,
but greedy folk make their buck
at the cost of all the rest.
Why must it cost twice
as much to eat well as to
dine upon more toxic meals?
~
While eating well
may seem high, not eating well
costs us all much more.