so whom do I bless

and whom do I scorn


and how am I diminished

by such a choice?


in a void where silence

condones all activity


do we uphold all we are not

and abandon all we are?


with becoming the only alibi

we can summon in our defense


whom do you receive

and whom do you dismiss


and is my own fullness

an answer to you?




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