I know you already know it,
But I still found it
There’s been a bombing -
and only quiet songs will play.
There’s
The nations' flag decorates our porches.
In the occupied territories
Democracy - but only to an extent.
It is intolerable, in
The Holy War declared on an entire culture
is now
This country is terrified that every sentence
will find its
You can stand on the sidelines
and say it won't
Don’t fall into the melting pot,
its fires have been fed
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