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What does it mean
when men
crawl from the Earth?
What does it mean
when the sky
cracks through?
What does it mean
when the sun
shines
in the darkness
and the air
rushes in?
It means
nothing
to the Earth,
but
everything
to the men.
It means
nothing
to the sky,
but
everything
to the men.
It means
nothing
to the sun,
but
everything
to the men.
It means
nothing
to the air,
but
everything
to the men.
And it means
nothing
to you.
Despite your tears and your television;
despite your commodified empathy
and your codified response;
despite your fashionable distress and your
priveleged guilt
you cannot
claim it.
That is
their Earth.
That is
their sky.
That is
their sun.
That is
their air.
Leave these
to them.
You’ve already
taken
enough.
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