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    Powerless

    Powerless



    The power is in the hands of the powerless because

    in the long run

    the powerful must

    bend a knee and get

    down and talk to the

    powerless because

    there will always be

    children and mothers

    and students and old

    people and sick people who

    will get caught in the middle of

    the power and this will always

    take the thunder from the

    thunder bolters and if the they

    were smart and had wisdom

    and looked at history the powerful

    would go to the powerless and

    bend a knee and transform this

    power into words instead of bullets because

    in the long run; that's what they're going

    to have to do anyway.

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    When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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