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Poem: 'The Genesis of Torture'

By E. Ethelbert Miller. Edited by Melissa Tuckey, June 15, 2009

In the beginning
we will all wear black hoods

Our faces will be hidden from history
Someone will tie a cruel footnote to our genitals

It might be our neighbor
disguised as God

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