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Today, the Gods made me bleed again |
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They chained my feet, so tight, |
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I could barely move |
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I bleed through my socks, |
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last month was my left ankle, |
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today it was the right |
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When I wash, |
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the soap burns like fire |
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but I have to keep my ankles clean |
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because I don't have any alcohol, |
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or broxide |
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nothing to kill a bacteria or infections |
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and this place is filthy |
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I can't remember what it's like |
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to walk as a human being anymore |
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my cell is so small |
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that I can only take two steps |
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any time when I'm brought out, |
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I walk briefly or infrequently, |
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I have chains on my hands and feet |
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as well as guards hanging on me |
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And well over sixteen years since I have barely walked anywhere |
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sometimes I still can't read my mind about now |
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I'm working on my seventeenth year now, |
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There were times when I thought, |
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"surely, someone's gonna put a stop to this. |
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Surely someone is going to do something" |
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But they never do |
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Time just rolls on |
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It's insanity |
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I'm truly amazed of what they've gonna allow to get away with |
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and for how long |
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Oh well, |
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there's no good to dwell on it |
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either I waste my energy by focusing on things I cannot change |
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or I can serve my energy |
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and to bled to small things I can change. |
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That's what the I Ching calls -- |
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the taming power of the small. |