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Escape
for those in bondage
A vise
to break the chains
Its promise
burns the master
Whose riff
to light the flames

To dance
the steps of freedom
And leave
indentured rage
To heal
those lost and wanton
The Blues
— on center stage

(Kingston Mines Chicago: January, 2026)
Blue Poem # 21
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