Mused in mirrors of the mind
perception is the key
for what forsakes the lives of men
and what does make them free
the unopposed obstructed view
of who belongs or don’t
the things that they be made to do
and those that can’t or won’t.
Pretend now not to see me here
pretend you cannot read
pretend that all you really want
is only what is need
oh vagrant minded vandal you
I see through all the schemes
what separates the great and small
is only what you deem.
In a post-coup America, an Illinois farm boy is drawn into the resistance by his brother's death. Captured, he is given a choice: betray his friends, or the girl he loves will be lobotomized.
Just as life during the pandemic was color-coded with different hues representing different levels of danger, life in its aftermath has become shaded in similar ways. As a self-styled “Seeker of Beauty with Beauty,” (borrowing from a quote by W.E.B.
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