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Autumn Leaves

volume 3 number 5

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a tear for the wise men

by A. James McAllister

a thousand years ago today
they took the wise ones far away

in hobnail boots with iron knives
they killed our hearts and stole our pride

with laws that we don't understand
they took our hearths and killed our land

a thousand years ago today
they came and took our souls away

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