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Electorate Refugee


The bitter hope,

Rides every note,

I hear comes from the radio.

 

The planes fly,

Somewhere's sky,

Is nowhere near me, though.

 

The battle rages,

As I read the pages,

Alongside those in deathrow.

 

My state swings not.

It sits to rot.

And I unable to go

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