Conscience tells me
not to be silent.
When poetry is duty
is it still a poem?
But in these times,
being human
gives everyone the duty
the imperative
to speak against
all the kinds of destruction
by which
we are taking
ourselves
into silence.
A Quadrille written for Shhhhhhh.......Quiet, Please! at dVerse.
(Quadrille: 44 words excluding title, which in this instance must include some form of the word 'silent'.)
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