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Prayers for Mercy
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He keeps quiet.
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Like us, in censorship, too
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afraid, to move our lips.
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We cower in the corners of
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our fears. As he
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leans over us, we hardly
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suppress scream. The knife
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is a truculent recollection of the
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shattered collection of my memory. Cut through.
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I was three when it happened.
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They—they almost
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survived. Today, they lie saved in their graves.
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Day hasn’t passed
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over this nightmare, to the prison
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where the corrupt rots.
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I still wonder
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why his hate was so prevailing.
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That night …
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I’ll never know. Being a survivor, I
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pretend to let go of the past.
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And in my dreams, I hear:
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04/09/07

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