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In a far off land
the people were
held under the thumb
of a ruthless dictator,
for so many years
the people of the land suffered.

The people were raped,
murdered and put into
filthy prisons and tortured,
for so long,
the people of the land
wanted to be free
from all the
pain and suffering.

A dictator,
that never cared
whether they were
alive or dead,
he would have
palaces a plenty,
while the people
starved to death.

Now the people
are free,
free from a coward
that ran and hid
in the shadows,
the people of the land
can come and go
whenever they please.

Copyright Cynthia Jones
Jan.11/2004