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Ode to the missing journalists
November 25, 2009
working on the front-lines of history
you write the unreadable literature,
unravel the tangles of events,
risking your lives and liberty.
Yet for doing this indispensable work,
you have been seized by absolute power,
muzzled by fake authority,
eaten by the golden breath of supremacy
your language of poetry is seldom literally rough,
and the calm verses of your involvement is fairly accurate.
stories have been discovered in your whispered faces,
rhymes have been noticed in your words.
bearing witness
was not intended to lead
to your downfall.
clearly tragic incident,
it is extremely regrettable.
you’ve given a narrative sense to thousand lives.
We look up to you,
your courage and dedication
struggling against risk,
and outright brutality,
your death has given a new sense of urgency,
that democracy is missing.
Hold on,
continue the rumor of reality.
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