these illegals
these tattered
these swollen eyed
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swept up
somber
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stingingÂ
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are more lawfulÂ
than you could possibly surmise
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but when you read from broken tablets
i suppose everyone is a crack
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in the depths of the crevice falls our whole humanity
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while the stone that is a hidden heart
cries out from the ancient wall
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pleading
for a new set