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“That which is not explicitly for our

people inevitably turns against

our people with time.”

– Gregory Hood

“That which is not explicitly for our

People inevitably turns against

Our people with time.” Without guilt, or angst,

Or dark hand-wringing, that which is not for

Us –- which is not us at all — will explore

How to get its own foot in the front door

Of everything we’ve built and under score

Our world, how to come to its own defense –

That which is not

Our defense at all—when we say “no more”

But it wants more, how it needs just implore

Our good will, cry out for some tolerance

And then turn from being an annoyance

Into something that drags us down before

That which is not . . .