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What Kind of Freedom?

from 10¢ Singles by Ten Cent Poetry

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Written in Asheville, NC

May 9, 2012 after voting Against Amendment One

May we honor those who have fought for us

by honoring equality for all.

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What Kind of Freedom?

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Winter’s holding spring

The darkest forces have done no good

I’ve tucked away your wedding ring

Our stripes are fading from the loom.

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The neighbors are flooding in

Forming into power lines

Bubbling in ballot sheets

I hope that love will win this time.

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It’s a closed room with a closed door

It’s a dark game, with the wrong score

We file in line, we fight your wars

But what kind of freedom have we been fighting for?

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With the body comes the foot,

with old trees come old roots

We’re marching for the common good,

but your false laws we’ll not salute.

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It’s a closed room with a closed door

It’s a dark game, with the wrong score

We file in line, we fund your wars

But what kind of freedom have we been fighting for?

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Baby come close to me,

I’ll wear your arm, I’ll your ring

Their machines can’t clip our strings

We’re not equal under the eagles wing.

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It’s a closed room with a closed door

It’s a dark game, with the wrong score

We file in line, we fight your wars

But what kind of freedom have we been fighting for?

~Ten Cent Poetry

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from 10¢ Singles, released July 4, 2012
Written, produced, recorded and performed by Chelsea Lynn La Bate.

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Ten Cent Poetry Asheville, North Carolina

Chelsea La Bate is a poet, composer, songwriter, performer, author and radio host. She likes sparkly things. She constructs songs with colored markers, a notebook, a mountain dulcimer, a banjo and a guitar.

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