the lesson has taken

but nothing has changed


a way has opened

but it is not fully clear


no mercy from a life-force

of process so deranged


that all my good flees

when this ruthlessness nears


and that is how peace grows

out of silenced lives


and that is how the world

renews its murderous births


this is the lesson of fullnesses and dearths

and toward this truth what's left of me strives...



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