“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

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An American Speaks

If I am speaking with someone
Who would be willing
To sign away their civil liberties
To be warm, dry or safe

Then

There’s no way I could
Ever explain to you
Why

Rather than go to that “shelter”
I choose to
Die

Free

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Until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ and to begin once again to create professional connections and to rebuild her life, this poet presently lives homeless and at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

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