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Rated: E · Poetry · None · #2343365

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Great men
stand taller
than the countries
they serve
Honor
and courage
the bureaucrats
scourge
To sacrifice
self
without
question or pause
And champion
the weak
in defense
— of their cause

(Independence Hall: July, 2025)
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