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A starlet in a land without stars
swept in on the sands, a prisoner
Beaten every night she sang
her voice unbroken.
Whispers, other voices rang out.
Her captors feared her.
As they sang songs of their mothers.
Those who sat on the hills behind the prison
planned their revolution.
Thaddeus Howze © 2025 | 32/100
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CARYATID (32)
In a land without stars, one prisoner's defiant song reminds her captors of their mothers' voices - and that memory becomes more dangerous than any weapon.
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