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When you divide the people
You divide the power
When the power is divided
The problem multiplies
This is the algebra of the situation
The situation that poisons water
The situation that pollutes air
The situation that kicks all of the jobs out of the neighborhood
The situation that kicks grandma out of her home
Then blames you
blames you For needing to drink the poison water
blames you For needing to breathe the polluted air
blames you For needing to work for money
blames you For needing to live to have a life
There is no Unknown in this equation
There is no Hidden variables
There is only a forced set of inputs
To create a predetermined set of outputs
We the people refuse
to be functions of this destructive equation
We the people refuse
to be canceled out in this demented calculation
We the people refuse
to be anything other than people
and we the people demand
what is due to all
that are people
that are human
that are of Earth.
© Christopher F. Brown 2016

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