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Even "Just Wars" Lie

Sensing the End

By kpPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Even "Just Wars" Lie
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Palpitations ripple through veins until the body vibrates, and the whole world

Can hear it. A quivering voice shakes the foundations of our greatest achievements until

People's tastes change. The salt of tears dissolves into the gravity of the claims and

We finally see the perimeter of our cage. The flash of bombs dropped ensures we can

Smell the burning end.

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About the Creator

kp

I am a non-binary, trans-masc writer. I work to dismantle internalized structures of oppression, such as the gender binary, class, and race. My writing is personal but anecdotally points to a larger political picture of systemic injustice.

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