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Where Power Lies
History revision for an illiterate state
(from The Last Orchid, a work in very long progress)When men with guns enforce their law
the disaffected always call this war.
And so the sum of everything that’s planned
is an endlessly repeated ampersand.
Last Orders: Where Power Lies
Eve, the patient in a coma,
issues more instructions
Our lips brushed. My fingers touched hers.
We were solo in our mutual cause.
…
“You must travel to a distant city,”
she advised. “To uncover where truth lies.”
Love was hard to find in her drab dimmed eyes,
drained by weariness, devoid of pity.
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