When someone asks you to
Give them a brick
Ask
Is that a house
You're building there
Or a wall?
When someone asks you to
Give them a stone
Ask
Is the game
Ducks and drakes
Or
May 1968?
When someone asks you to
Give them a stick
Ask
Is that heat coming
From the stove
Or the bonfire?
Or else
Having auditioned for
Pal
Ally
Confidante
You may discover
You've been cast as
The outsider
The establishment
The heretic
You do not need
To participate in
The partition
The revolution
The auto-da-fé
Instead
Let the voice echo
Into nothingness
And let the silence
Be the mirror
That reveals
The true intent
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