Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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Bells of Slavery

I am a bell

But I do not ring

From a church's tower

Nor do I ring from

The hands of a caroler

Spreading joy.

No, I am the bells that jingle

At a man's ankles as he trudges

Through the mud.

For I am the chains which

Hold a free man captive.

I am the bells

Of slavery.

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