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April 4, 2013
By mariah020 BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
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mariah020 BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you show someone something you&#039;ve written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, &lsquo;When you&rsquo;re ready&rsquo;.&rdquo; <br /> ― David Mitchell, Black Swan Green

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Martyrdom with muscles
walked in two brown shoes,
dressed in paper robes,
carried plastic bags.
A machine of bones
against a hundred machines of war.

And somewhere beneath debris,
A tattered paper torch
is raised by a tattered paper hand.

Flames whisper into it's
folds.

Blood pumps through
China's veins,
searching for her heart underground.

© Photo by Sarah S., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
This poem is the last in a series I wrote about the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, China.
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