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A tribute to playwright Susan Lori Parks' 365 Days 365 Plays, beginning January 1, 2008 iLL-Literacy presents 366 (cuz it's leap year!)

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Day 184: Dahlak - Free

What's the price to know it
What's the cost to hold it
More precious than gold
Worth a martyr's torment

they don't wanna feel trapped like the claustrophobic
so all the revolutionaries marching for it

since they tryna take ours like Goldilocks did porridge
we avoid the law like "n*gga, I got warrants"

why armies take up arms
and they constantly warring
to spread it round the globe
or they just want they portion

The way George W. often sold it

"we just wanna be free" it's so often quoted

just to be a freemason
or a free lancer
a free man
free agent
free dancer

write
a free
verse free style

free stanza

they screaming
Free Huey!
Free Mumia!
Free the Panthers!

my man asked me
can I be free?
I said if you wanna be -
you don't need an answer.

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