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In the pulling tide of time
\nwe seemed to lose perspective.
\nVisionary acumen appeared
\nto drift away.
\nIn the threatening twilight,
\nhiding now our sole objective,
\nvoices sought out silence
\nalthough much was left to say.
\nAs bullet shots and microdots
\ncreated their own language,
\na media hypnosis
\ncast a pall across the land.
\nThose within could bask in sin
\nwhile those without must anguish.
\nSomeone pulled the plug
\non this utopia we planned.<\/p>\n

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