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“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”

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“And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger - something better, pushing right back.”

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- Albert Camus

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It is an appropriate piece of music;

His, is an appropriate way to see the world.

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It is what I like; it is the way that I see it …

But it is neither the right way

Nor the only way,

And I still believe we’re entitled 

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To share and impart our differences.

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                II

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They are just poems, after all - 

There is far, far less

That can leave far greater

A rare, and lasting mark - 

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Far fewer, and far smaller things

Worth far greater importances

Than just the furthered peddling 

Of our loosely accredited arts.

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Really, we should learn to laugh at ourselves

Over how ridiculous this can sometimes get.

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(author’s note: titled, A Second Olive Branch)

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