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View from On Top

You wonder where it is you've arrived.
The world acts strangely.

 A straight line will get you nowhere.
What you do must change,
especially how you do it.

 You don't wish to be a martyr
besieged, attacked,
and nowhere else to go.

 You have to push back, push back.

Politics and SocietySuzi PeelMarch 12, 2014
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