conversation takes time

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institutional voices

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from the catbird seat, words count

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mumbles and whispers, it's not what they shout

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peaceable assembly

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all news is local

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subtle divides to the open airs

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all the way through god's green gates

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shake the ruts of America

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dazzled by false choices brother

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sometimes, precipice

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allowed to rise most stand on their own together

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draws attention to the nouns, but it's the verbs that mount

Juror's award: National Collage Association's 36th Annual Competition
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a brief history of little tin gods would serve us well

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and still, we have his bridge to cross again (Senator John Lewis)

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wasps in the rose garden is a long standing problem for garden diversity

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showing the seams, the drywall tape, the glue
(rather than some rush of words, he simply said "black lives matter")

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in a flicker, a song replaced by drumming

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when frogs prevail, we call it plague

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the myth of monoliths, of all-of-a-kind

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which word does it sound like? which intent?

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too sleepy people

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the world is a large place, and I intend for it to be interesting

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reach

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