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Give Her Back: A Sonnet For Liberty
To Glucksmann, this no longer fits with Trump’s current policies. The U.S. president is taking harsh action against immigrants, among other things. Since his inauguration on January 20, thousands of migrants have been arrested and deported to their countries of origin. The U.S. rapprochement with Russia in the context of the war in Ukraine is also likely part of the background to Glucksmann’s dema...
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New Blood
New blood spills from the aeroplane
bouncing on the runway like spring rain.
Passport waving out-thrust arm
fancy shoes pointed West
Gene Kelly, video obsessed
dancing peasant with the happiness gene.
Tie straight, collar clean
mad for the chance to twirl his cane
at girls in some teeming town
Sun-parched backwoodsman mad for rain.
Radio waves from some man-made ...
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