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The Time Has Come

August 8, 2018
By mem228 DIAMOND, Attleboro, Massachusetts
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mem228 DIAMOND, Attleboro, Massachusetts
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The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

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The face of shame frowns down upon this nation.

Its eyes of horror see the young speaking up
and the old sitting down.

Its mouth moves, saying,
“Do something.”

© Liza M., Vineland, NJ

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