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By Jessica SnowPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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Free things come with a price tagAnd we are stricken with poverty.Some of us are so far in debtThat we cannot afford the time to waste.We cannot feed the minds of childrenBecause books and lockersCan't simply be borrowed.Freedom itself is a luxuryAnd many pay for it with their livesAs they've got nothing left to giveBut literal arms and legs,Pledges to a fiat cloth flagThat was more than likely made in China.We spend everything we canOn the cost of livingAt the cost of dying.

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Jessica Snow

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