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Spiritual Poetry by Monk Mattō

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June 21, 2017 by Monk Mattō

Videos of police brutality

Shouting through tearful eyes

But no one seems to listen.
Terrorism here against them

Over there, against us

Everywhere, “them” and “us.”
“What happened to we?”

I ask our mother

Her response, a breeze. 

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