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In Jesus and for Him, enemies and friends alike are to be loved.

Chrystos

Our sacred beliefs have been made pencils
names of cities
gas stations
My knee is wounded so badly that I limp constantly
Anger is my crutch
I hold myself upright with it
My knee is wounded
see
How I Am Still Walking.

Anger, Cities, Gas Stations, Names, See, Wounded

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They have our bundles split open in museums
our dresses & shirts at auctions
our languages on tape
our stories in locked rare book libraries
our dances on film
The only part of us they can't steal
is what we know.

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Of course it is extremely difficult to like oneself in a culture which thinks you are a disease.

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The grapevine should be named after a more bitter fruit. It should be called the grapefruit tree.

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Depression is a very sensible reaction to just about everything we live in now.

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