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Poem: What Use?

Of what use are my
Words of gentleness
Or tenderness

If you know only hatred
And violence

What sounds can my voice make
That will cause your heart
To resound with peace

From where does love gain
A foothold

When the holy books
Teach

That some people must

Die

It is time, don't you think
to let die

All those

Books who refuse
To love each other?
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