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“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds” from Redemption Song by Bob Marley

Last night, you heard the wind talk among trees

You heard vibrations given to the wind never die

You heard old melodies that soothed a warrior king

You heard his son sing descant to a shepherd boy

You heard Sappho and Homer sing of gods, of love, of war

You heard hooves of Mongol horses

You heard Stalin, Hitler and Mao

You heard Einstein’s dust fall thick upon the ground

You heard drumbeats in jungles, on plains and urban streets

You heard babies torn from mothers

You heard cage doors clanging shut

You heard Basho’s measured foot steps in the hills

You heard Bob Marley sing redemption songs

You heard a humming bird among the roses drowning out them all

3-7-20