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An image of a candlelight vigil held in Philadelphia for Aaron Bushnell and the Palestinian martyrs of Israel's genocide. "Vigil for Aaron Bushnell at Clark Park" by joepiette2 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Aaron Bushnell Said Free Palestine

A man will
Tell you why he is
Setting himself alight

And the words will be
Taken from his mouth
And scattered. Three hundred million

Good little citizens
Go about their day,
A gun pointed at a burning body.

 

 


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