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Oppressed by Freedom
November 25, 2009
Yesterday
I was thinking about how we strive for peace and justice
how we struggle through our striving
with gritty enjoyment
with grimly grinning determination
I would be happier under an oppressive regime
because then I would have
something to push against
ideals to strive for
I would be able to live
fully and wonderfully
like an animal
Though I am one,
I cannot instigate that instinctive, impulsively spontaneous
part of me
because I am a Creature of Society
© Ezekiel R., Las Cruces, NM
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