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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Cliché

Nothing falls
with a greater thud
than a cliché so abused
it has become immune
to sarcasm.

I’m talking to you
white man-
your wealth,
your wars,
your traditions,
your sense of entitlement,
your indifference to others,
your anger,
your sadness,
your insatiable desires,
and your inability to touch
or to be touched.
I know you all too well.
I am you
no longer.

I am tired
and I am frightened.
Still I am ready
to just let go
of all those things
which have made me
and my brothers
a terrifying menace
and an historical cliché.

I want to be reborn
in the image of love,
that I may embrace
this world,
this universe.

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