Of Revolts and Ahimsa Ascetics

By Lynn Ockersz In this all too familiar pattern, Of besieged ruling class reaction, The Jackboot’s coming crashing down, On citizens forced into starvation, And on Scribes mindlessly manacled, Besides being seen as ‘Inessential’, Hoping to muzzle into silence, Consciences of blazing defiance, But history’s lesson is undisputed, That revolt is the result of repression, […]

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