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A Book is a Loaded Gun

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A Book is a Loaded Gun

a poem with audio commentary about political poetry

Sherman Alexie
Mar 23, 2023
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burning open book

Those who believe
that words are violent

are the same ones
who'll cut off

your tongue
to keep you silent.

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Michael Mohr
Writes Michael Mohr's Sincere American…
Apr 3

Boom. BOOM. B. O. O. M.

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David
Writes Tumbleweed Words
Apr 2

lovely words here so happy to have found the page. left or right - people must be able to speak openly :)

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