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We are all boarders on planet earth divided by many artificial borders…<\/p>\n

Borders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

They drew first
\nA straight line
\nToo the heart of the madder
\nA dividing lyin\u2019
\nBetween the whirled of things and people
\nCutting
\nThrough
\nAwe that is real
\nThen
\nAs convenienced
\nFallowing the gentle curves of nature
\nRivers and shore lines
\nAnd fore what
\nThe accost
\nAs they billed a map
\nPosedly representing reality
\nOr at leased realty
\nAnd figuring
\nOut people
\nThere own
\nAs nations state
\nTheir setup
\nSovereignty
\nVerses sovereignty
\nA law
\nWhich man maid
\nProperty rites
\nAbove awe<\/p>\n

The law is made for man, not man for the law.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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