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May 17, 2009
By zman1 PLATINUM, Bethesda, Maryland
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You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.

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Hate and violence
Pour out from the mouth
Like hailstones.

He savagely denounces them
And swears death
On them!

His hot-summer mind
Slowly melts the snow,
On his threats, until
A deafening bang
Quells his soul!

The author's comments:
This poem is based on the final years of Malcolm X, who advocated violence to battle racial prejudice, unlike Martin Luther King Junior.
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zman1 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 9 2009 at 12:50 am
zman1 PLATINUM, Bethesda, Maryland
45 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.

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Would somebody please comment on my work? I would appreciate it if anybody does.