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being a human being

not to be complicit 

not to accept everyone else is silent it must be alright 

not to keep one's mouth shut to hold onto one's job 

not to accept public language as cover and decoy 

not to put friends and family before the rest of the world 

not to say I am wrong when you know the government is wrong 

not to be just a bought behaviour pattern 

to accept the moment and fact of choice 

I am a human being 

and I exist 

a human being 

and a citizen of the world 

responsible to that world 

—and responsible for that world

--tom leonard [1944-2018]