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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Political · #2096576
My thoughts on New Zealand's 'founding document'.
Written down
in black and white...
(But missing native nuances)

Illiterate squiggles
show agreement...
(With verbal explanations?)

But the letter of the law prevails...
(Our law, not yours)


Just take your money and run.



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