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African Hearts, Polish Horses, Women as One
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Peace For All Beings O Abba, O Allah, O YHWH
to You we give thanks
that in time
Polish horses
defeat Nazi tanks
that in time
defenseless African
hearts beating as one
conquer
the machine guns
of Cecil Rhodes
that
Seminoles & Shawnee
Shiawassee and Cherokee
who died protecting their trees
win now over
woods raping
bulldozers backed
by rifles
that unprotected
women
rising as one
defeat the belts
and boots
of programmed men
that the pen of Rumi
is mightier than
the 'daisycutters'
of the American coup d'etat
that the music of
the life of Cesar Chavez
reached beyond the
money of plutocrats
directly into America's
soul
and that the cries
of billions of animals
begin to echo
in heartcaves
.. their resonance
brings down the pillars
of the past
PURPLE HEARTS, SILVER STARS
In the skies of warriors
There are purple hearts
and silver stars
and dominating generals
with their multicolored bars
and crimson, from
the blood of innocents
and grey, from the despair
of refugees
and green
.. gangrene
from limbs shot off
